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WaterPlum Hackers Steal $10.7M via Fake Job Interviews

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North Korean group WaterPlum infected 30,000+ devices and stole $10.7 million through fake job interviews, per a joint US, Japan, Australia, Germany advisory.

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A group linked to North Korea is using fictitious job interviews to install malware on computers of technology professionals, as programmers, in an operation that has already compromised thousands of devices worldwide. The security authorities of Australia, Germany, Japan and the United States issued a joint alert about a campaign [...]

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Downloaded the file on the pretext of job interviews, then millions of computers were targeted in more than 100 countries, more than 30,000 computers were targeted, more than 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets affected. Professionals in the information technology sector, who are looking for jobs, are now not only through fake job offers, but also job interviews and technical [...]

Five countries attribute to North Korea the Contagious Interview campaign, which infected 30,000 devices and stole 7,000 cryptocurrency portfolios. La entrada Five countries attribute to North Korea: Contagious Interview infects 30,000 devices aparece primero en Moncloa.

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BetaNews broke the news on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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