Per a Bloomberg report, North Korean-backed hackers might be stepping up their efforts and attack vectors against the crypto industry. Bad actors seem to be stealing resumes and information from major job listings websites to apply for jobs in the nascent sector.
The report claims that attackers are taking legitimate data from LinkedIn and other major websites to create fake profiles as software engineers, developers, or software with vast experience working in IT. In that way, they can infiltrate crypto companies or projects.
Operation Dream Job And AppleJeus Job Targets Crypto Industry
These attempts are part of two different operations allegedly sponsored by North Korea. Called AppleJeus and Operation Dream Job, according to a report released by cyber security firm Mandiant and Google.
In a report posted on March 2022, Google’s Threat Analysis Group detailed these operations as an ongoing attempt to target organizations, countries, news media, and companies to infiltrate them and...
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