North Korea’s Latest Cyberweapon? Crypto Job Offers Laced With Malware

Pyongyang's hackers are at it again—this time, they're weaponizing LinkedIn-style recruitment scams to infiltrate crypto firms. No surprise here: when your economy runs on ransomware and stolen NFTs, you get creative.

How the scam works

Fake headhunters dangle six-figure salaries for blockchain devs. One click on their 'technical assessment' file delivers a payload that empties wallets faster than a Bitcoin maximalist at a shitcoin conference.

Why crypto pros are prime targets

The industry's borderless nature cuts both ways. Decentralized teams mean lax HR checks—perfect for spies posing as Solidity engineers. Meanwhile, security budgets get slashed faster than altcoin valuations in a bear market.

The silver lining?

At least North Korea understands crypto's real use case: anonymous, cross-border value transfer. Too bad they skipped the 'don't be evil' part of the whitepaper.