Patrick New

Also reported as: Patrick BrownMichael Brown

A fabricated professional identity used in the DPRK remote IT-worker scheme. Everything below is transcribed from the cited post, in which a named researcher attributes these accounts to a single operator, Patrick New. The attribution is theirs, not this site's.

IT Worker Fraud First reported 2025-04-18

Identifiers attributed to this persona

3 indicators the source attributes to this operator, each with its sources.

IndicatorTypeAccount status
Michael Brown alias —
Patrick Brown alias —
Patrick New alias —

Michael Brown

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

Patrick Brown

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

Patrick New

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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Disclaimer An entry here is not proof of DPRK affiliation or wrongdoing. A listed name, account or address may belong to an uninvolved person, so each entry is a lead to verify independently. What inclusion means. Patrick New as the name of the operator is the cited researcher’s assertion, repeated here as their claim.