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Hired to Hack: North Korean Fake IT Workers Hijack Exec Identities in ‘Contagious Interview’ Scams

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Hired to Hack: North Korean Fake IT Workers Hijack Exec Identities in ‘Contagious Interview’ Scams

Do Son February 24, 2026

GitLab reveals how North Korean fake IT workers use 'Contagious Interview' scams to bypass hiring, steal data, and hijack executive digital identities.

Inside the ‘Upworksell’ Syndicate: Hacker Gets 60 Months for Funneling US Tech Jobs to North Korea Romanian hacker sentenced identity theft conviction Pig-Butchering Crackdown Operation Level Up Oleksandr Didenko North Korean IT Workers Coinbase TaskUs insider breach, Hyderabad police Coinbase arrest Scattered Spider, Cybercrime Scattered Spider group

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Inside the ‘Upworksell’ Syndicate: Hacker Gets 60 Months for Funneling US Tech Jobs to North Korea

Do Son February 20, 2026

Ukrainian hacker Oleksandr Didenko receives a 60-month sentence for orchestrating a massive laptop farm scheme aiding North Korean IT operatives.

“Natural Selection” at Work: How North Korean IT Workers Use AI to Infiltrate Companies North Korean Laptop Farm DPRK Insider Threat North Korea WMD Cyber Funding, Australia Sanctions Insider threat, North Korean hackers Kimsuky, cyber-espionage NPM Malware, North Korea Cyber-espionage North Korea, Remote IT Job Scam Laptop Farm - DriverEasy - Kimsuky Watering Hole Attack

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“Natural Selection” at Work: How North Korean IT Workers Use AI to Infiltrate Companies

Do Son February 17, 2026

Okta exposes North Korean IT workers using AI photos & stolen LinkedIn profiles to land remote jobs. Learn how "JJ" bypassed checks.

Under Siege: GTIG Report Exposes North Korean Spies & Russian Drone Hacks in Defense Sector

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Under Siege: GTIG Report Exposes North Korean Spies & Russian Drone Hacks in Defense Sector

Do Son February 11, 2026

GTIG report: Defense Industrial Base faces "constant siege" from Russian drone hackers & North Korean IT insiders. Learn the new threats.

Unmasking the Proxy: Silent Push “Traffic Origin” Exposes True Actor Locations Residential Proxy Detection

Unmasking the Proxy: Silent Push “Traffic Origin” Exposes True Actor Locations

Do Son February 11, 2026

Silent Push's Traffic Origin technology strips away VPN masks to reveal the true location of threat actors. Detect North Korean & Russian proxies now.

Deepfakes and Deception: North Korean IT Workers Infiltrating Companies to Fund Regime North Korean IT workers, deepfake identities

Deepfakes and Deception: North Korean IT Workers Infiltrating Companies to Fund Regime

Do Son September 1, 2025

North Korean IT workers are using deepfakes and fake identities to secure remote jobs, funding their regime’s weapons programs while posing a major security threat.

Fake Identities, Real Profits: Exposing North Korea’s IT Front Companies DPRK IT Workers

Fake Identities, Real Profits: Exposing North Korea’s IT Front Companies

Do Son November 24, 2024

Unveiling the hidden network of DPRK IT workers. Explore how North Korea evades sanctions and generates revenue through front companies.