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Researcher infiltrates North Korean IT worker identity factory
Original: Nomi finti, donne davanti alla webcam, sviluppatori nell’ombra: un ricercatore infiltra una fabbrica di identità nordcor
Security researcher Hayden McKenzie was invited into two Slack workspaces used by North Korean IT worker cells, uncovering an operation of around 1,200 people. Workers used fake names and women appearing on webcams while developers stayed hidden, running schemes to get remote jobs at foreign companies under stolen or fabricated identities. The findings detail how organised and large-scale these covert employment operations have become.
Why now: The scale of the operation and the deceptive tactics used to infiltrate foreign companies have raised fresh concern about North Korean IT worker schemes.
Evidence
- Nomi finti, donne davanti alla webcam, sviluppatori nell’ombra: un ricercatore infiltra una fabbrica di identità nordcoreane da 1.200 persone Il ricercatore Hayden McKenzie si è fatto invitare in due workspace Slack usati da una cellula di lavoratori IT nordcoreani, scoprendo… · blog@insicurezzadigitale.com · 2
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