Remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Kevin MandiaFounder of Mandiant and partner at Ballistic Ventures
Mandia says there is currently no good way to stop the problem, with thousands of workers and COVID providing ideal conditions.
“we don't have a good way to stop this problem right now. We really don't. There's thousands of them”
To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll: Ep. 1: Strange Things Are Happening (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 34:40
Adam MeyersHead of counter-adversary operations at CrowdStrike
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
Podcasts
- To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll · 1 episode
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.