The foreign IT workers obtained sensitive information from US companies’ servers, the department said. One of those companies is an unnamed California-based defense contractor that specializes in

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges in connection with a scheme by North Korea to fund its weapons program through the salaries of remote information technology employed unwittingly by U.

US prosecutors indicated a total of 13 people involved in the fraudulent scheme to steal and launder money for North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.