Lawfare Daily: Sam Kessler on How North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate U.S. Tech Companies
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🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Eugenia Lostri, Senior Editor at Lawfare, sits down with Sam Kessler, Deputy Managing Editor for Tech and Protocols at CoinDesk, to talk about his recent investigation into how North Korean IT workers are infiltrating the crypto industry. They talked about the red flags that companies should be looking out for, why the crypto industry is particularly vulnerable, and the connection between these workers and the North Korean hacking arm.
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