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North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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Re: North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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Post by CSMastermind »

My company accidently employed on for about 3 days until we realized what was happening and cut them loose.

I recognize this was likely sourced from a PR agency working for a security product meant for global employee verification but I can attest they are addressing a real problem.

Re: North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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Post by xxr »

CSMastermind wrote: post #3

My company accidently employed on for about 3 days until we realized what was happening and cut them loose. I recognize this was likely sourced from a PR agency working for a security product meant for global employee verification but I can attest they are addressing a real problem.

How did you figure out what was going on?

Re: North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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Post by pants2 »

CSMastermind wrote: post #3

My company accidently employed on for about 3 days until we realized what was happening and cut them loose. I recognize this was likely sourced from a PR agency working for a security product meant for global employee verification but I can attest they are addressing a real problem.

How is your recruiting process going to improve to catch that in the future? Seems like a pretty big screwup, hopefully he wasn't given any sort of admin access.

Re: North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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Post by CSMastermind »

xxr wrote: post #5
CSMastermind wrote: post #3

My company accidently employed on for about 3 days until we realized what was happening and cut them loose. I recognize this was likely sourced from a PR agency working for a security product meant for global employee verification but I can attest they are addressing a real problem.

How did you figure out what was going on?

Lots of red flags in the paperwork combined with strange behavior and him accidentally connecting one time without a VPN.

We're a startup so I don't think the end goal was to scam us per se but more to get money or more likely build credibility.

Re: North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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Post by KiranRao0 »

CSMastermind wrote: post #7
xxr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did you figure out what was going on?

Lots of red flags in the paperwork combined with strange behavior and him accidentally connecting one time without a VPN. We're a startup so I don't think the end goal was to scam us per se but more to get money or more likely build credibility.

Everything I hear something like “to get money and more credibility”, I can’t help myself thinking of the Key and Peele sketch about robbing a bank:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceijkZQI1HM&pp=ygUZUm9iIGEgY...

Re: North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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Post by kevmo314 »

CSMastermind wrote: post #7
xxr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did you figure out what was going on?

Lots of red flags in the paperwork combined with strange behavior and him accidentally connecting one time without a VPN. We're a startup so I don't think the end goal was to scam us per se but more to get money or more likely build credibility.

I too work to get money or more likely build credibility.
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