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Police Investigating if North Korean IT Worker Infiltrated ROK Organization

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South Korean police are investigating a suspected case of a North Korean IT worker obtaining employment at a domestic organization under a false identity, police confirmed on Friday. The National Security Investigation Bureau of the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) independently identified the case last year and launched an investigation, according to a document submitted […]

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The police are currently investigating after detecting, for the first time, indications that North Korean information technology (IT) personnel had obtained disguised employment at a domestic private company while concealing their identities. According to the police on the 22nd, the National Security Investigation Bureau of the National Police Agency launched an investigation after independently identifying suspicions of disguised employment by …

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The police are investigating after detecting indications that North Korean information technology (IT) personnel had obtained employment under false pretenses at domestic companies. According to data submitted to the police and the office of People Power Party lawmaker Kim Dae-sik by the National Police Agency on the 22nd, the Agency's Security Investigation Bureau [investigated] last year the new North Korean IT personnel

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The police are currently investigating after becoming aware of circumstances in which North Korean IT personnel concealed their identities to work for a domestic private company and perform development tasks. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Security and Cyber Investigation Unit is intensively investigating the specific circumstances and motives of the crime, including whether the personnel entered the country and whether they worked remot…

It was learned by the 22nd that police are investigating a case in which North Korean IT professionals were working for private companies in South Korea under false identities. An official from the office of Representative Kim Dae-sik of the People Power Party revealed, "When we asked the National Police Agency, 'The U.S. Department of Justice has found cases of North Korean IT professionals working for companies in its country, are you investig…

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조선일보 broke the news on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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