Cybersecurity
New data shows how engineers earn money for Pyongyang’s regime
The new data includes two Japanese passports with identical dates of birth and issue but different names and addresses. (Photo by Tatsuya Sudo)
TATSUYA SUDO and RYO NAMIKI
TOKYO — New data provides a rare look at how North Korean IT engineers earn foreign currency by using false identification and controlling computers in other countries, luring companies to hire them online and unknowingly fund Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear weapon programs.