ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT News Reporter Amazon has rebuffed nearly 2,000 job applications from North Koreans since spring ...

Amazon's chief security officer said North Koreans tried to apply for remote working IT jobs using stolen or fake identities.

A top Amazon executive says the company has blocked more than 1,800 job applications linked to suspected North Korean agents.

Amazon says it has blocked more than 1,800 job applications linked to suspected North Korean IT operatives, according to ...

Amazon’s chief security officer Stephen Schmidt writes that since April 2024, the company has stopped over 1800 job applications suspected of coming from North Korean agents. The number of ...

Amazon's chief security officer Stephen Schmidt said in a LinkedIn post that Amazon has seen a nearly one-third increase in job applications from North Koreans in the past year. He said operatives ...

Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 North Korean job applications after finding signs of fraud and security risks. The company said these applications showed cle ...

Stephen Schmidt said AI and machine-learning roles have been increasingly targeted by fraudsters due to high demand.

Security experts say the methods used by the operatives have grown more sophisticated. In some cases, applicants assumed the identities of legitimate software engineers, including by taking over inact ...

Amazon said it has blocked over 1,800 North Koreans from joining the company, accusing Pyongyang of sending IT workers ...

Amazon has stated that it has blocked more than 1,800 North Korean citizens from joining the company since April 2024.