#SpotVSFuturesStrategy 🇰🇵 Are North Korean Cybercriminals Landing Good IT Positions?

👤 Recently, crypto detective ZachXBT wrote about how cybercriminals supported by North Korea are increasingly finding positions in various IT departments. Since January 2025, North Korea-linked employees could have filled between 345 and 920 job positions, earning over $16 million in total salaries.

🖇 There are already cases where some of these "geniuses" implemented malicious code into smart contracts, while others gained access to corporate systems to carry out hacking attacks or breaches. In particular, the publication Techstory describes the story of four programmers who worked as remote developers for American and Serbian companies. They allegedly stole $915,000, shamelessly taking advantage of internal access.