DOJ just sentenced three Americans who let North Korean operatives use their identities to work at 136 U.S. companies.

These guys passed video interviews, drug tests, even fingerprinting — and funneled $2.2 million straight to weapons programs. The FBI says AI is making these schemes faster.
The W-2s matched real Social Security numbers and payroll hit real bank accounts. Everything tied out on paper. The people doing […]
Two weeks ago, the Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic (the company behind Claude) after it refused to let the military use its AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. Hours later, OpenAI signed the deal instead.
The red flags were there. They just weren’t in any database. That’s the gap between what background check vendors sell and what due diligence actually requires, especially when you’re buying a company or lending eight figures to someone.
On March 4, 2026, the SEC is convening a critical Private Markets Roundtable to discuss the accelerating trend of retail access to private market assets. While the conversation will center on valuation methodologies and fund governance, there is a significant “human risk” factor that regulators and investors cannot afford to ignore.
It wasn’t only about getting bigger, but about being more useful. For example, I’ve been involved in computer forensics since 2003, limited to examining hard drive and cell phone analysis. With RCS, we also assess network vulnerabilities, respond to breaches, and help secure our clients’ systems.
Not just productivity hacks, (which I also love) but systemetizing strategic leverage.