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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that sanctioned North Korean operatives have infiltrated dozens of American companies, often posing as remote IT workers or recruiting American facilitators to act as intermediaries between breached firms and Pyongyang. Authorities say the scheme is designed to funnel money and sensitive technology back to North Korea while evading sanctions. The warning highlights a growing cybersecurity threat in which North Korean agents embed themselves in corporate hiring pipelines, sometimes with help from witting or unwitting American citizens. Officials say the scale of infiltration—spanning dozens of firms—underscores weaknesses in remote hiring verification and raises concerns about espionage and intellectual property theft.