Adam Meyers
Head of counter-adversary operations at CrowdStrike
Adam Meyers (Head of counter-adversary operations at CrowdStrike) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include North Korean remote IT worker scheme, Remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In their words
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North Korean remote IT worker scheme
Meyers says CrowdStrike identified 700 instances of remote IT workers getting jobs in 2025, which he estimates at about $105 million for the weapons program.
“In 2025, CrowdStrike identified 700 instances of remote IT workers getting jobs at organizations”
To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll: Ep. 1: Strange Things Are Happening (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 50:50
Remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic
Meyers says the shift to remote work during the pandemic turned gig work into full-time salaried jobs for North Korean operatives.
“the thing that really kicked it into high gear, getting full-time salaried jobs, really came with the push towards remote work”
To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll: Ep. 1: Strange Things Are Happening (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 33:41
Appearances
Ep. 1: Strange Things Are HappeningTo Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll · Jun 9, 2026 · 54 min
Nicole Perlroth and cybersecurity experts trace how North Korean operatives secured remote IT jobs at U.S. companies to fund the regime's weapons programs.
Often appears with
- Nicole Perlroth · 1 shared episode
- Cliff (pseudonym) · 1 shared episode
- Ben Riesenberg · 1 shared episode
- Jim Lewis · 1 shared episode
- Michael Barnhart · 1 shared episode
- Ryan LaSalle · 1 shared episode
- Amy Herzog · 1 shared episode
- Rob Joyce · 1 shared episode