Amazon Blocks North Korean Operatives From Hiring

Amazon’s chief security officer Stephen Schmidt says the company has blocked more than 1,800 suspected North Korean operatives from securing remote IT jobs since April 2024, after detecting a 27% quarter‑over‑quarter rise in such applications in 2025. Amazon uses AI screening across nearly 200 high‑risk institutions, combined with human verification, background checks and interviews to detect résumé anomalies and geographic mismatches.
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