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North Korean operatives behind dozens of U.S. job offers, DOJ says

Federal officials say sanctioned hackers are recruiting Americans as go-betweens for breached companies and Pyongyang; so that new coworker with the dark camera may be a problem.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBN
Published 10:09 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by TechCrunch: “Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 10:09 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Justice Department, Korean, DOJ, US.
BBN covered this story before: Pool report boycott may have broken US law, DOJ says (October 13).

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TechCrunchJustice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies, and the new twist is that they're recruiting Americans to act as the middlemen between the hacked companies and Pyongyang.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDozens of companies hired them, and I keep thinking the interview must have gone great, because nobody ever asked to see a face.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich, to be fair, describes every video call I've ever had with accounting.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the Americans helping them out are called facilitators, which is a fancy word for the guy who signs for the package.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe package being a laptop that sits in a closet and does everyone's work.