The FBI is investigating how an unidentified federal agency was recently swept up in a yearslong campaign involving North Korean remote IT workers fraudulently obtaining jobs at major companies and other organizations. The North Korean campaign has been notorious for using remote IT contract jobs to infiltrate both Fortune 500 companies and smaller private sector firms. A former FBI official, asked about Hemmen’s comments, pointed to the widening scope of the North Korean campaign. Several U.S. nationals have been sentenced in recent months for their roles in aiding North Korean remote IT workers. “We’re seeing AI use across that entire spectrum of the DPRK remote worker, from application to employment,” Hemmen said.