Kraken Catches North Korean Hacker Posing As ‘Steven Smith’ Applying for Job at Crypto Exchange: Report
One of the best crypto exchange platforms in the world would have caught a North Korean pirate with a false identity to apply for a job in the company.
In a report By CBS News, Nick Percoco – Kraken security director – Said that an individual in North Korea posing as “Steven Smith” tried to obtain computer work in the exchange of crypto as a means of stealing money and information.
The person, who appears on a list of “not hiring”, is suspected of working for North Korea Kim Jong one. However, instead of immediately rejecting man's request, Percoco says he wanted to face him.
“We like to look at the attackers in the eyes. Some people could also call him to hang around. We call it security in terms of security …
Their job is to start employment, steal intellectual property, steal money from companies … bringing a pay check and doing it in a generalized manner. »»
During an interview with Kraken, the man was invited to present his identity card because he claimed to be Houston. After delaying a few minutes, he presented a screenshot of a driving license which said that his name was “Stephen Smith” with an address 300 miles away.
According to a recent report By Fortune, Smith said he had a Bachelor of Computer Science from New York University with more than a decade of experience as a software engineer in American companies such as Cisco and kindly human.
The United Nations estimate that North Korea earns between $ 250 and $ 600 million per year by deceiving foreign companies to hire its spies.
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