From what I’ve seen in other articles about the same case, it’s basically nothing special. The North Korean applies under a false identity that isn’t associated with North Korea, and they have (or at least claim to have) relevant education and experience that would make them good fits for roles like programming, then they apply for remote jobs where they can continually work at one job without having to go in and interact with people face to face.
I kind of doubt the problem is being suspected of being an operative, though, so much as ex filtration of corporate secrets and potentially falling afoul of sanctions against North Korea if they continue to employ someone in their company once they have a reasonable suspicion that the person is a North Korean national working under a false identity. They would be helping the North Korean government to maintain a steady inflow of foreign currency that they need, which I’m sure could land them in trouble. Aside from that liability, I would imagine they would beore concerned about company IP and tratedsecrets this employee would have access to being available to the DPRK to do what they will with, as well as others in the government being able to use their credentials to potentially access and compromise systems on the company’s network that this employee could access.
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There’s the real black market niche I’d be willing to buy into.
“Pssst, hey buddy, I got this high paying job with good health plans, lots of vacation, and 100% remote… The only downside is that…”. “I GIVE NO FUCKS! JUST TELL ME WHO I HAVE TO KILL!”. “Woah there bud, we just need you to send some cash to North Korea and give us 5 stars on…”
“I WILL KILL ANYONE WHO GIVES YOU LESS THAN ALL OF THE STARS!”
reksas@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
i can even kind of think of how to manage something like that, it would just work on only with 100% remote work and would also require quite a lot of cooperation and competency from the clients
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I was originally imagining North Korea as being a basic job recruiter that could actually get you into interviews for a real job, but just black market because doing anything with North Korea is illegal.
But the other way they would just be normal contractors (still black market or course), which is the way most big companies are going anyway.
Of course, I really just want to know how they keep getting hired for jobs when I can’t even get a response or an interview.