Nicole Perlroth
Former New York Times lead cybersecurity reporter, author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends, and host of To Catch a Thief
Nicole Perlroth (Former New York Times lead cybersecurity reporter, author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends, and host of To Catch a Thief) hosts To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll. Topics they speak about most include North Korean remote IT worker scheme.
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North Korean remote IT worker scheme
Perlroth says a Treasury report found the regime withholds 90% of each worker's salary and a UN panel estimated about half a billion dollars a year from IT workers.
“A treasury report found that the regime withholds 90% of each worker's salary”
To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll: Ep. 1: Strange Things Are Happening (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 50:32
Podcasts hosted
- To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll · 1 episode in TMT
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
- Cliff (pseudonym) · 1 shared episode
- Ben Riesenberg · 1 shared episode
- Jim Lewis · 1 shared episode
- Adam Meyers · 1 shared episode
- Michael Barnhart · 1 shared episode
- Ryan LaSalle · 1 shared episode
- Amy Herzog · 1 shared episode
- Rob Joyce · 1 shared episode