North Korean IT Workers in Western Firms Now Demanding Ransom for Stolen Data – [email protected] (The Hacker News)

– [[{“value”:”North Korean information technology (IT) workers who obtain employment under false identities in Western companies are not only stealing intellectual property, but are also stepping up by demanding ransoms in order to not leak it, marking a new twist to their financially motivated attacks.
“In some instances, fraudulent workers demanded ransom payments from their former employers after gaining”}]]  – Read More  – The Hacker News