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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago

It's official, most companies would rather hire north Korean spies than me

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

uncritical support for stealing corporate data

And just like a gang the leaders are rich and the foot soldiers barely make enough to survive.

[–] Hackworth@piefed.ca 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Between 2020 and 2022, the US government found that over 300 US companies in multiple industries, including several Fortune 500 companies, had unknowingly employed these workers, indicating the magnitude of this threat.

So AI's just making some things easier now.

North Korean remote IT workers require assistance from a witting facilitator to help find jobs, pass the employment verification process, and once hired, successfully work remotely. - Microsoft

I was gonna say... how do they deal with the HR paperwork and getting paid? They need Americans or at least people from other countries to help.

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

All the AI in the world won’t matter as long as they keep hammering the chumps running the laptop farms

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 1 points 8 hours ago

goddamn i really hope they used copilot to do this 🤣

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Still better than microsoft support channels thosp ill take it.!