North Korean IT workers are posing as freelancers from third countries to secure employment with British companies, seeking to generate revenue to support the DPRK regime and possibly access sensitive information, the U.K. government has warned.

According to an advisory from the HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), DPRK workers are highly likely to be using online platforms to advertise their services, 

They operate primarily from Russia and China, but also from other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and seek to fraudulently secure freelance contracts with firms in the U.K., the U.S. and elsewhere. 

These workers