Stephen Schmidt said AI and machine-learning roles have been increasingly targeted by fraudsters due to high demand.

The firm’s chief security officer said North Koreans tried to apply for remote working IT jobs using stolen or fake ...

Amazon has rebuffed nearly 2,000 job applications from North Koreans since spring last year, according to the company’s ...

Amazon has recently blocked more than 1,800 job applications from people suspected of working for North Korea. These ...

Amazon has reportedly blocked over 1,800 job applications from suspected North Korean agents, alerting HR to the rise of employment scams.

Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 job applications tied to suspected North Korean operatives who attempted to secure remote ...

A top Amazon executive says the company has blocked more than 1,800 job applications linked to suspected North Korean agents.

Amazon's chief security officer Stephen Schmidt said in a LinkedIn post that Amazon has seen a nearly one-third increase in job applications from North Koreans in the past year. He said operatives ...

Amazon has denied employment to over 1,800 North Korean applicants amid concerns of money laundering. The move comes as part ...

Amazon has stated that it has blocked more than 1,800 North Korean citizens from joining the company since April 2024.

Amazon’s chief security officer Stephen Schmidt writes that since April 2024, the company has stopped over 1800 job applications suspected of coming from North Korean agents. The number of ...

Security experts say the methods used by the operatives have grown more sophisticated. In some cases, applicants assumed the identities of legitimate software engineers, including by taking over inact ...