A 60 Minutes Australia investigation reported that North Korean operatives are seeking remote IT roles at Australian and other technology companies using false identities, fake resumes, and online interview deception. The scheme is described as both sanctions evasion and a security risk: hired workers collect salaries for Pyongyang while receiving access to corporate laptops, source code, systems, and sensitive information. The transcript highlights laptop farms as enabling infrastructure, where intermediaries receive company devices and keep them online so DPRK workers can operate remotely without appearing in person. ASIO and cybersecurity experts warned that the same access could support espionage, foreign interference, sabotage preparation, or fraud, with the U.S. Kristina Chapman case cited as an example of large-scale laptop-farm support for hundreds of infiltrations.