Beware DPRK Job Scams, ASD Warns, but Won’t Confirm Local Impact
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North Korean hackers may have raised 3.4 billion forints for the regime.
False job interviews and programming tests opened the door to malware. The identities stolen from the victims were then used by North Koreans to apply for jobs abroad. The North Korean WaterPlum group infected at least 30,000 devices in more than 100 countries and made North Korea reach about 10.7 million dollars in stolen cryptocurrency. The numbers consist of a joint alert released by authorities in Japan, the United States, Australia and Germ…
Beware DPRK job scams, ASD warns, but won’t confirm local impact
Key points ASD has joined Japan, Germany and the US in warning that North Korean actor WaterPlum, also known as Contagious Interview, poses as recruiters to target IT professionals with malware. WaterPlum has infected more than 30,000 devices in over 100 countries, draining more than 7000 cryptocurrency wallets and transferring roughly $15.4 million to the
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