North Korean Hackers Are Using Fake Job Offers to Steal Cryptocurrency
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North Korean hackers use fake job offers to steal cryptocurrency, a tactic that has been ongoing.
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paulpauper
4 months ago
1 replyThis has been going on forever. It's one of those things where it requires casting a huge net and maybe someone will bite. Those people have nothing else to do, being forced to work at effectively 0$/hour to find victims.
toomuchtodo
4 months ago
Probably more efficient if you can automate with agentic AI.
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