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Lazarus Group’s IT Workers Scheme Hacker Group Caught Live On Camera (cybersecuritynews.com)
submitted 22 hours ago by xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 23 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

This matches a broader Famous Chollima pattern in which DPRK operators either steal CVs outright or convince mostly junior engineers to “rent” their identities so that North Korean staff can infiltrate U.S. finance, crypto/Web3, healthcare, and even civil engineering firms.​

People are actually giving full computer access over to randoms from the internet ?

🤦‍♂️

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago

No, no, no, that can't be what that means....

Blaze offered a cut of the salary in exchange for full access to the victim’s laptop, Social Security Number, bank accounts, and identity documents

🤦🤦🤦

[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 14 points 20 hours ago

"They are paying me money. Should be legit"

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

been doing it for years, decades even, I mean hell when I was in high school in the late 90s I could get people to open an exe I sent them so I could open their cdrom tray and mess around with them via notepad.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 5 points 17 hours ago

Parent comment meant willingly. People weren’t agreeing to install Backorifice even then.