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DPRK IT workers (25)

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Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
Since September 2021Sim Hyon Sop receiving IT-worker and stolen-crypto fundsSim Hyon Sop (KKBC); DPRK IT workers
as recently as 2021IT teams in China and Russia remitting cryptocurrency (Kim Sang Man / Chinyong)Chinyong Information Technology Cooperation Company; DPRK IT workers
From approximately 2021 until October 2024Kejia Wang / Zhenxing Wang laptop-farm IT worker scheme (100+ U.S. companies)United StatesDPRK IT workers
since the release of the 2022 advisoriesDPRK IT worker scheme (updated tradecraft)DPRK IT workers
May 16, 2022DPRK IT workers dispatched worldwide (PRC and Russia primarily)DPRK IT workers
2023IT workers building or exploiting vulnerabilities in platforms and smart contracts; suspected smaller cryptocurrency heists; fake-identity employmentDPRK IT workers
2024-01-25Wall Street Memes
2024-03-05MurAll
2024-03-13CloudAI
2024-05-22Exclusible Penthouse
2024-05-29SpaceCatch
2024-09-26Onyx DAODPRK IT workers
2024-11-11DeltaPrimeDPRK IT workers
(advisory reference 0924; September 2024)DPRK IT workers targeting UK firms disguised as freelance third-country IT workersUnited KingdomDPRK IT workers
2024Cryptocurrency thefts by DPRK IT workers (OnyxDAO, Exclusible Penthouse, BTCTurk)DPRK IT workers (according to one private sector partner)
Throughout 2024IT workers using 12 personas via recruitment agencies at European defense subcontractorsEuropeDPRK IT workers (per Mandiant)
since late October 2024Extortion by fired IT workers threatening to release former employers’ dataDPRK IT workers (per Mandiant)
2024 and 2025Animation work under false identities (HBO Max, Amazon, Japanese studios) – Dalian Shepherd Boy Animation StudioChinaDPRK IT workers / Dalian Shepherd Boy Animation Studio
January 2024 - September 2025 (reporting period)IT workers’ fake job offer compromise of an employee computer at a defense companyDPRK IT workers
April 2025CSIS entry 71
2025-09-25 (article)At least 25 instances of North Korean IT workers infiltrating crypto companies to steal funds or extort; five IT workers with 30+ fake identities; Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC frontsDPRK IT workers (ZachXBT)
Jul 2 (year 2025 inferred from thread text 'since January 1, 2025'; page shows 'Jul 2')ZachXBT: payments to North Korean IT workers hired as developers since January 1, 2025DPRK IT workers
2025-04-01 (datePublished)DPRK IT worker operations expanding to Europe (one worker with 12 personas targeting defense and government)Europe and the United States; United Kingdom; Germany and PortugalDPRK IT workers
2025-04-01 (datePublished)DPRK IT worker extortion attempts against larger organizations (since late October 2024)DPRK IT workers
IT worker projects in the United Kingdom (e.g. Nodexa token hosting platform)United KingdomDPRK IT workers (per Mandiant)