North Korean hackers posing as devs exposed with ‘I Hate Kim Jong Un’ test
A crypto startup looking to onboard new talent is attempting to weed out possible North Korean spies with an ingenious test that asks candidates to say one simple thing: “Fuck North Korea.” According to g8keep co-founder Harrison Leggio — known as Pop Punk on X (formerly Twitter) — North Korean engineers can be outed by asking them to say something negative about North Korea and Kim Jong Un. To demonstrate this, he shared an interaction with a potential recruit applying for a developer role. When asked to say the words “ I hate Kim Jong Un, Fuck North Korea ,” the potential recruit “immediately” deleted the chat. This is how you identify a North Korean engineer. I asked him to say something negative about North Korea and Kim Jong Un and he immediately deleted the chat. pic.twitter.com/8zAtb3qML6 — Pop Punk (@PopPunkOnChain) August 26, 2024 Users on X are already joking about using the North Korea litmus test in their own online chats. Software engineer Laurenc...