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Now recruiting: North Korea looks abroad for talent in its scheme to infiltrate U.S. companies

North Korea’s surreptitious push to plant employees in U.S. companies has expanded to include remote workers from other countries, such as Iran and Lebanon, according to U.S. government and foreign agencies and several cybersecurity researchers.

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Now recruiting: North Korea looks abroad for talent in its scheme to infiltrate U.S. companies
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