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North Korea has Infiltrated the Tech Sector. Here's How.

Simon Whistler · November 29, 2025 · 26 min video · China & Indo-Pacific

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North Korea, the world's most sanctioned and isolated regime, has employees

Inside hundreds

Of American companies. They're not the Cold War-era sleeper agents that you see

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North Korea infiltrated Western tech, planting remote IT operatives inside Fortune 500 firms and defense contractors. Discover how AI, laptop farms, and stolen identities turned hiring into a security crisis. Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts 00:00 Introduction 01:34 The Strategic Pivot 05:47 The Mechanics of Deception 15:51 Damage Assessment

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