‘My webcam isn’t working today’ is the new ‘The dog ate my network’
It’s a pattern cropping up more and more frequently: a company fills an IT contractor post, not realizing it’s mistakenly hired a North Korean operative. The phony worker almost immediately begins exfiltrating sensitive data, before being fired for poor performance. Then the six-figure ransom demands – accompanied by proof of the stolen files – start appearing.…
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