If the cornerstone of America’s competitive advantage is its domestic workforce’s capacity to drive technological innovation, then how do we respond if members of that workforce are not who they say they are? On Dec. 12, 2024, the Department of Justice released an indictment against 14 North Korean nationals for involvement in a fake IT worker scheme impacting hundreds of U.S. firms and funneling millions of dollars to the ballistic missile program in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “Fake technology work” is conventionally associated with the techniques individuals use in attempting to appear productive, taking wages for work theyThe post The Rise of the Fake Tech Workforce: State-Sponsored Infiltration of U.S. Technical Supply Chains appeared first on War on the Rocks.