Keyboard Lag Leads Amazon to North Korean Impostor in Remote Role

Amazon Security Chief explains how a subtle keyboard delay exposed a North Korean impostor. Read about the laptop farm scheme and how 110 milliseconds of lag ended a major corporate infiltration...

First Sentencing in Scheme to Help North Koreans Infiltrate US Companies

An Arizona woman was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for her role helping North Korean workers infiltrate US companies by pretending to be US workers. From an article: According to court documents, Chapman hosted the North Korean IT workers' computers in her own home between October...

U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC sanctioned a North Korean front company and three associated individuals for their involvement in the fraudulent remote information technology IT worker scheme designed to generate illicit revenues for Pyongyang. The...

DOJ Charges Nashville Man for Helping North Koreans Get U.S. Tech Jobs

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Thursday charged a 38-year-old individual from Nashville, Tennessee, for allegedly running a "laptop farm" to help get North Koreans remote jobs with American and British companies. Matthew Isaac Knoot is charged with conspiracy to cause damage to protected...