{"id":680,"kind":"story","title":"No One Is Yet Responsible for Identity Verification in Remote Hiring","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/north-korean-remote-it-staffer-worked-for-us-government-agency-says-fbi/","host":"techcrunch.com","by":"mrlatte","score":1,"comments":0,"editorial_comments":0,"time":"2026-08-12T09:00:00.000Z","origin":"archive","language":{"source":"ko","reading":"en","translated":true},"summary":["The FBI has launched an investigation after identifying a remote IT worker employed by a U.S. government agency as a North Korean national.","The Department of Justice previously reported that 136 companies were victims, and in one case, $88 million was transferred to North Korea over six years.","The breach was not due to a careless company but an industry-standard remote onboarding process.","For small teams with many remote hires, it is immediately possible to add another identity verification step just before the offer and restrict initial week permissions."],"discussion":"https://startupxo.com/en/680/","markdown":"https://startupxo.com/en/680.md","api":"https://startupxo.com/api/v1/item.json?id=680&lang=en","text":null,"edited":null,"sources":[],"thread":[]}