Governments, tech companies meet in Tokyo to share tips on fighting North Korea IT worker scheme therecord.media/japan-us-…

Multiple governments and companies held a forum in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss ways of combating a years-long campaign by North Korea to have its citizens illicitly hired in information technology roles.

The U.S. State Department said it worked with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Japan and South Korea to organize the forum, which had more than 130 attendees from freelance work platforms, payment service providers, cryptocurrency companies, AI firms and more.