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00:02Amazon said it blocked more than 1,800 job applications from suspected North Korean
00:07agents seeking remote roles using fake or stolen identities, according to the BBC.
00:13Chief Security Officer Stephen Schmidt said the applicants targeted IT jobs to get hired,
00:18collect pay, and send money to Pyongyang to fund weapons programs.
00:22He said the activity often involves U.S.-based laptop farms, where computers are physically
00:27located in the United States but operated remotely from abroad.
00:31Schmidt said suspected North Korean applications have risen by nearly a third over the past
00:36year and warned similar activity likely affects other U.S. tech firms.
00:40The Department of Justice said it identified 29 laptop farms across the U.S. and indicted
00:45U.S. brokers who helped operatives get hired.
00:48In July, an Arizona woman received more than eight years in prison after authorities said
00:53the scheme generated over $17 million.
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