The DPRK group’s attempts to exfiltrate data and install RMM tools by posing as US IT workers is one of several examples that show cross-domain analysis is needed to tackle rising identity-based attacks, according to CrowdStrike’s counter adversary team, as the company reels in the worldwide outage’...
Serious question: how does North Korea train "imposter IT pros"? Are these people working for the government who get access to the www? How do they then develop the skills to be selected as such in the first place? What kind of programming experience us taught in NK?
How long before companies start using this as an excuse for return to office?
Sure, you've been working here since before the pandemic, but maybe now you're a North Korean spy! The only way to be sure is for you to come into the office and average 4 days a week.
On the flipside how many people are trying to infiltrate NK? I'm not saying that NK (or any state) is good. But it's empire that created and maintains NK. Koreans are the real victims, not these dumb corporations trying to skimp on labor by hiring fake people.