What Nick Carlson has said about North Korean remote IT worker scheme
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 9, 2026
Nick Carlson, Former FBI analyst specializing in North Korean hacking, has been quoted on North Korean remote IT worker scheme once in 1 episode of To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll, most recently on June 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Carlson says the FBI treated North Korea as a low priority compared with Russia and China, even though its hackers are among the best in the world.
“This is, in its heart, it's a tech venture. This is a criminal cyber startup. And these guys are crushing it”
To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll: Ep. 1: Strange Things Are Happening (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 30:02
Episodes
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.
Others on North Korean remote IT worker scheme
- Michael Barnhart · 2 quotes
- Andrew Scott · 1 quote
- Nicole Perlroth · 1 quote
- Steve Stone · 1 quote
- Charles Carmichael · 1 quote
- Adam Meyers · 1 quote