The foreign IT workers obtained sensitive information from US companies’ servers, the department said. One of those companies is an unnamed California-based defense contractor that specializes in

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a major nationwide crackdown on a large-scale North Korean scam targeting American companies. This powerful action, announced on July 1, comes after a long investigation into how North Korean workers secretly got jobs with U.

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges in connection with a scheme by North Korea to fund its weapons program through the salaries of remote information technology employed unwittingly by U.