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Hackers take advantage of remote work to infiltrate companies around the world

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Work from home doesn’t seem to have too many drawbacks, especially for companieswhat they save ostensibly physical space, computer equipment and other services for workers. At least this is what many of the companies think, both of Europa like USA y Asia that continue to hire staff around the world. It is evident that talent, today, can be acquired in any corner of the planet, but they are beginning to emerge problemsalmost as if from a spy movie it was treated

North Korea, Russia and China on the lookout for the big technology companies in labor matters

Have been three US agencies which have put companies around the world on notice. The practice, according to the prestigious media BBCwould be being implemented by hackers of countries with obvious pending accounts with the western world, being the main executors North Korea, China and Russia. Hackers from these countries would be fully involved in the search for job vacancies of the computer and technology sectorwith the aim of obtaining both money how information for their respective governments.

North Korea is one of the countries suspected of infiltrating remote workers

It seems that North Korean citizensgiven that the country is subject to strict international sanctions, they would be helping obtaining financing for its weapons program. It is suspected that one of the last intercontinental missiles recently tested, at the time of writing the article, could have been financed with these funds. In a communiqué of the United States Department of State, the United States Department of the Treasury, and the FBI ensures what:

North Korea sends thousands of highly-skilled IT workers around the world to generate income to help support its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs, in violation of US and United Nations sanctions. Workers take advantage of the demand for specific skills in the IT sector, such as software development and mobile applications to obtain freelance work from clients around the world, including North America, Europe and East Asia.

With the entry into the structure of some of these companies, the workers could be using their privileges for access other corners of the companies. For example, the United States government recently asserted that hackers with connection to North Korea got steal more than 600 million dollars in cryptocurrencies to players of the online video game Axie Infinity.

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