North Korean Job Fraud Expands Beyond IT Into Healthcare and Sales

North Korean Job Fraud Expands Beyond IT Into Healthcare and Sales Ravie LakshmananAug 31, 2026Social Engineering / Artificial Intelligence Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed seeking job opportunities beyond the information technology (IT) sector, with recent investigations identifying suspected workers employed in sales and marketing and the medical profession. The ongoing insider threat is part of what has been described as the IT worker scheme, where North Korea leverages its network of skilled IT workers, both within and outside the country, to fraudulently land jobs in Fortune 500 companies and private sector firms across the world and remotely earn income to further Pyongyang's unlawful nuclear weapons and…