North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike

Very clever! What about China and Russia or even Iran?

Unfortunately, the news article does not exactly say how North Korean spies  "generate money for the regime". Extortion?

"Researchers at security giant CrowdStrike say they have seen hundreds of cases where North Koreans posing as remote IT workers have infiltrated companies to generate money for the regime, marking a sharp increase over previous years.

Per CrowdStrike’s latest threat hunting report, the company has identified over 320 incidents over the past 12 months, up by 220% from the year earlier, in which North Koreans gained fraudulent employment at Western companies working remotely as developers. ...

Over the past year, the U.S. Department of Justice has sought to disrupt these operations by going after the U.S.-based facilitators who help run and operate the scheme for their North Korean bosses. These operations have included targeting the individuals who run “laptop farm” operations, which include racks of open laptops used by the North Koreans to remotely do their work as if they were physically located in the United States.  ..."

North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike | TechCrunch