UKRAINIAN MAN JAILED FOR POWERING NORTH KOREA'S

🔒 A U.S. court has sentenced Oleksandr Didenko to five years in prison for running a massive identity theft operation that helped North Korean workers land jobs at dozens of American companies. Prosecutors say the wages earned were funneled back to Pyongyang Pyongyang to support its sanctioned nuclear program.

💻 According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Didenko operated a website called Upworksell, selling or renting 870 stolen U.S. identities to overseas workers. These identities allowed North Koreans to pose as legitimate remote employees and quietly infiltrate U.S. firms.

🚨 In 2024, the FBI seized the site and redirected its traffic to government servers. Polish authorities later arrested Didenko, who was extradited to the U.S. and pleaded guilty. He also paid Americans to host so called laptop farms, enabling foreign workers to remotely control computers located inside the United States.

📊 Security firm CrowdStrike has reported a sharp rise in these North Korean IT worker schemes, calling them a triple threat. Beyond violating sanctions, the operatives allegedly steal sensitive data and later attempt corporate extortion, while also impersonating recruiters and investors to target high value victims.

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