In an unexpected twist to the world’s darkest comedy, North Korea has been found channeling its inner Silicon Valley startup by creating a network of elite IT professionals. However, instead of innovating the next big tech breakthrough, they excel at a different kind of innovation—defrauding U.S. businesses, all while remotely sipping on their morning kimchi smoothies.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), who were clearly jealous of North Korea’s impressive level of digital ghosting skills, decided to throw sanctions at this ragtag band of cyber tricksters. The DPRK’s IT network, known affectionately as “KimCloak & Dagger Inc.,” has been accused of generating illicit revenue to fund their government’s latest calculated attempt at winning the Worst Neighbors Ever Award.

Enthusiastic remote job posters who thought they were onboarding a savvy app developer from Nebraska, were actually funding an ambitious nuclear weapons program. North Korean recruiters have mastered the art of Zoom deception, with LinkedIn profiles full of fabrications and recommendations from Kim Jong Un himself as “Best Cyber Warrior of All Time.” The U.S. government, while slightly embarrassed, assures us they are on top of this digital charade—just as soon as they can log into their accounts without forgetting the password.