North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
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North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
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#2It's pretty impressive how far American salaries go in other countries. Between thousands of applications, if you manage to snag a single IT role with a larger corp you're potentially getting the local equivalent of dozens of people's regular income.
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#4How are these IT workers fake? Sounds like they are really doing the job.
Re: North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
#5If anyone pays so much money to someone they never met, or _dependable_ know their identity, that seems like a major fail.
The whole idea that someone who couldn't legally enter the US, gets easier clearance than any tourist, or foreign academic with an opinion about the current gov that seems uncomfortable to them baffles me.
Not the first time some priorities seem out of touch with reality.
Re: North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
#6Actual atomic weapons not just stockpile, hundreds stave to death there daily, and everyone knows the famous satellite view of the entire country in darkness at night (while his palace is lit)
Yet no oil so they will be one of the longest surviving tyrannies in history
We can bet every country like them now will be building massive war drone factories too
Re: North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
#7I’m a little unclear on the usage of the word “fake” here.
Going by article, these are real people doing actual real work, they often use stolen identities to conceal information about themselves, and they get help from outside sources to do their jobs better.
Whatever the right word is, it’s not “fake”. Maybe fraudulent? Or ulterior motives? Or deceptive? Or pretext? Or threat actor? Or foreign agents?
Re: North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
#8How are these IT workers fake? Sounds like they are really doing the job.
Reminds me of the Key & Peele sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgYYOUC10aM
> Once employed in a full-time role, fake workers are often very successful, since they sometimes have multiple people helping them to produce their work, with the hope of getting a promotion and gaining more privileged access to the IT systems.
I think the "fake" part is the long term play to get enough privilege to presumably perform a cybersecurity attack. But less "fake" and more "spy" from the description - the outlined scheme is literally what spies agencies do.
Re: North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
#9I’m a little unclear on the usage of the word “fake” here. Going by article, these are real people doing actual real work, they often use stolen identities to conceal information about themselves, and they get help from outside sources to do their jobs better. Whatever the right word is, it’s not “fake”. Maybe fraudulent? Or ulterior motives? Or deceptive? Or pretext? Or threat actor? Or foreign agents?
I don't think we have a word for this. At best, it is disingenuous work.
Re: North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim
#10How are these IT workers fake? Sounds like they are really doing the job.
Well, it sounds like they are effectively slaves to the government, who is raking in their income on their behalf, and would presumably be able to "activate" them as an insider threat at some point.