Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, a man from Maryland, USA, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for assisting North Korean IT personnel in infiltrating American tech companies. Between 2021 and 2024, he used forged identities to secure software positions for at least 13 U.S. companies, with the actual work being performed remotely by his North Korean associates. Some of the projects involved access to sensitive government systems such as those of the FAA. This case is part of North Korea’s ongoing strategy of covertly placing remote IT workers in U.S. companies, targeting industries including crypto firms. (Decrypt)