Fake IT Workers: How HYPR Stopped a Fraudulent Hire
Security Boulevard, Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Since 2022, the FBI and other agencies have been sounding the alarm about North Koreans posing as US or other non-North Korean based IT workers and infiltrating companies.
In July, security firm KnowBe4 publicly revealed that they unknowingly hired a fake IT worker from North Korea. Fortunately they detected and blocked access as he attempted to load malware onto his system-connected laptop. Since then, similar stories have flooded in. Last week, reports surfaced that a fake North Korean IT worker hired by an unnamed company stole proprietary data and demanded a ransom payment in order to keep the hack secret.