{"id":57415,"date":"2024-10-16T14:20:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/36479\/Firm-Hacked-After-Accidentally-Hiring-North-Korean-Cyber-Criminal.html"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:20:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:20:58","slug":"firm-hacked-after-accidentally-hiring-north-korean-cyber-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/firm-hacked-after-accidentally-hiring-north-korean-cyber-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Firm Hacked After Accidentally Hiring North Korean Cyber Criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 EXUng\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/55b8\/live\/30f2d0b0-8bac-11ef-b6b0-c9af5f7f16e4.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Images A man in a suit offering a handshake, with the North Korea flag in the background\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" readability=\"42.694193548387\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A company has been hacked after accidentally hiring a North Korean cyber criminal as a remote IT worker.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The unidentified firm hired the technician after he faked his employment history and personal details.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Once given access to the company\u2019s computer network, the hacker downloaded sensitive company data and sent a ransom demand.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The firm which is based in the UK, US or Australia did not want to be named. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It has allowed cyber responders from Secureworks to report the hack to spread awareness and warn others.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It is the latest in a string of cases of western remote workers being unmasked as North Koreans.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Secureworks said the IT worker, thought to be a man, was hired in the summer as a contractor.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He used the firm\u2019s remote working tools to log into the corporate network.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He then secretly downloaded as much company data as possible as soon as he had gained access to internal systems.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He worked for the firm for four months collecting a salary.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Researchers say this was likely redirected to North Korea in a complex laundering process to evade western sanctions on the country.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">After the company sacked him for poor performance, it received ransom emails containing some of the stolen data and a demand to be paid a six-figure sum in cryptocurrency.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">If the company did not pay, the hacker said they would publish or sell the stolen information online. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The firm did not disclose whether the ransom was paid.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Firms duped<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" readability=\"15\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Since 2022, authorities and cyber defenders have warned about the rise of secret North Korean workers infiltrating western companies.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The US and South Korea accuse North Korea of tasking thousands of staff to take on multiple well-paid western roles remotely to earn money for the regime and avoid sanctions.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In September cyber security company Mandiant said dozens of Fortune 100 companies have been found to have accidentally hired North Koreans.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure readability=\"2\">\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/0c1e\/live\/3bc067c0-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/0c1e\/live\/3bc067c0-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/0c1e\/live\/3bc067c0-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/0c1e\/live\/3bc067c0-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 640w, 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readability=\"27\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But secret IT workers turning on their employers with cyber attacks is rare, according to Rafe Pilling, Director of Threat Intelligence at Secureworks.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;This is a serious escalation of the risk from fraudulent North Korean IT worker schemes,&#8221; he said. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;No longer are they just after a steady pay check, they are looking for higher sums, more quickly, through data theft and extortion, from inside the company defences.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The case comes after another North Korean IT worker was caught attempting to hack their employer in July.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The IT worker was hired by the cyber company KnowBe4, which quickly disabled access to their systems when it noticed strange behaviour.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure readability=\"2\">\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/d887\/live\/a3ddd900-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/d887\/live\/a3ddd900-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d887\/live\/a3ddd900-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/d887\/live\/a3ddd900-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 640w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/d887\/live\/a3ddd900-8bc8-11ef-81f8-1f28bcc5be15.png.webp 800w, 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