Kraken sees through North Korean hacker's attempt to infiltrate disguised job seekers

Odaily Planet Daily News: US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has revealed that its team has discovered a North Korean hacker disguised as an engineering job seeker attempting to infiltrate the company. After receiving warnings from industry partners about North Korean hackers targeting encryption companies, Kraken identified that the candidate's email was related to the hacker organization. The security team discovered through open source intelligence analysis that the hacker used multiple false identities to apply for multiple company positions and identified technical anomalies such as using VPN and forging identity documents. Kraken ultimately revealed his identity through verification testing and reported it to the US authorities.