Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) announced the launch of season two of its documentary podcast "To Catch a Thief: North Koreans On Our Payroll" at its FORWARD conference in Las Vegas. The cybersecurity company's podcast features reporting by Nicole Perlroth, former lead cybersecurity reporter for The New York Times.

The five-part series examines North Korean operatives who have allegedly infiltrated Western company payrolls as remote IT workers. According to the press release, these workers use deceptive hiring tactics and fabricated resumes to secure corporate positions, then collect paychecks while exfiltrating data.

Perlroth's investigation covers what the company describes as a global labor pipeline that sends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to North Korea's regime and nuclear weapons program. The series includes interviews with defectors and examines domestic networks called "laptop farms" that host hardware for remote international workers.

"Hackers are no longer trying to break through your firewall. They are logging in as your employees, collecting paychecks, and actively exfiltrating sensitive data from the inside-out," Perlroth said in the announcement.

The podcast's first season focused on Chinese hacking and became a top five Apple documentary podcast. Season two explores how nation-state tactics are being adopted by cybercriminal groups, according to Rubrik.

Perlroth spent over a decade covering cybersecurity for The New York Times and authored the book "This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends." She currently serves on the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Advisory Committee.

The podcast is available on major podcast platforms. Julia Lee, Rubrik's Chief Strategy Officer, said the company aims to document cyber attacks and promote industry collaboration on cybersecurity resilience.