US officials say North Korea pulled off an elaborate plan to trick American companies into hiring thousands of skilled IT workers who later sent the money they earned back to be used for the country's weapons program. The FBI and the Justice Department (DOJ) said they shut down 17 websites that were used by IT worker to "defraud US and foreign businesses, evade sanctions and fund the development of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea government’s weapons program." They also seized $1.5 m
