Michael Brown

Michael Brown is an alias that one published source reports in connection with IT Worker Fraud activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from aptwhatnow (@aptwhatnow). The report is dated 2025-04-18.

The reporting files it under the persona Patrick New, alongside 2 other identifiers attributed to the same identity. The persona page shows them together with any accounts, photographs and CV recorded under that name. A persona name is the one an account presented under, and may belong to an uninvolved person whose identity was taken.

alias IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST

First seen 2025-04-18 · last seen 2025-04-18

Source

  • The researcher says this identity and another were both successfully hired at artificial intelligence companies, with a staffing agent in West Palm Beach, Florida facilitating. The post is not sure of the surname, offering "a Patrick/Michael Brown" in its text while the captured call frame reads Patrick New, so all three forms are recorded and none is presented as settled. The staffing agent is not named.
    x.com/aptwhatnow/status/1913291827278414205 — aptwhatnow (@aptwhatnow) · under “Patrick New / Patrick Brown / Michael Brown” · published 2025-04-18 · pulled 2026-08-30

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Same persona record: Patrick New

Other identifiers the reporting files under the same persona; 1 of 2 are shown.

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Cited by the same report: x.com/aptwhatnow/status/1913291827278414205

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