# No One Is Yet Responsible for Identity Verification in Remote Hiring

- Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/north-korean-remote-it-staffer-worked-for-us-government-agency-says-fbi/
- Discussion: https://startupxo.com/en/680/
- Posted by mrlatte at 2026-08-12T09:00:00.000Z
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- Written in ko, machine translated to en

## 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.

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