Bloomberg has reported that people working for the North Korean Government have resorted to plagiarizing resumes and falsely claiming other nationalities on LinkedIn in order to raise money for the North Korean Government.
These fraudsters are using fake resumes to land jobs at international cryptocurrency firms in the United States as part of a larger attempt to steal money for North Korea. The government-backed criminals lift information from genuine LinkedIn profiles and create fake resumes to apply for jobs at leading American cryptocurrency corporations.
On July 14, cyber security firm, Madiant, revealed that they had discovered a fake account belonging to one of such criminals who claimed to be a software engineer. Researchers in the company then discovered other accounts with the same wording on the individual’s profile.
Several North Koreans are also falsifying employment resumes. One of such who claimed to have written the whitepaper on the Bibox currency exchange was discovered alongside another who was posing as a senior software engineer in a blockchain company.
Principal analyst at Madiant, Joe Dobson, said that it all comes down to insider threats. If someone lands a job at a crypto project as a core developer, he will be able to influence decisions whether good or bad. Another analyst at Madiant, Michael Barnhart said that these North Koreans are trying to land jobs at positions where they can steal and channel funds back into North Korea’s current administration.
In May, the United States issues several warnings, claiming that North Korean IT specialists were falsifying their nationalities in order to get freelance jobs outside North Korea. The major aim of their ploy is to steal funds for North Korea’s weapon development projects. Madiant’s recent discoveries and analysis have now given credence to these claims.
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