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peterdemin | 7 months ago

I hate how this is acceptable to make such claims about another country without providing any evidence. Same goes for Chinese or Russian hackers. It’s just whoever the US government is unhappy about.

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miffy900|7 months ago

The article itself is evidence. There are many more links in it to other stories that report on basically the same or similar incidents. There are also several names in the article itself that you can research or probe on your own to tell if it's coming from a trustworthy source.

Consider also the author: it's written by an actual journalist/editor with a large body of pre-existing work in the field, and many of the claims written are backed up by quotes from a named source. It's not like they're writing all this and hiding it behind the weasel phrase 'according to a source close to the matter'.

The register too is actually UK founded, so it's not even American.

Your reaction is just so typical of people nowadays - just assume it's all 'made up' without any effort in debunking or picking apart any specific claims.

esafak|7 months ago

I've interviewed these people. They really exist! I did not know they were North Korean, but it would not surprise me.

defrost|7 months ago

There's evidence, large investigations, and arrests aplenty already.

Justice Department Announces Coordinated, Nationwide Actions to Combat North Korean Remote Information Technology Workers’ Illicit Revenue Generation Schemes (justice.gov)

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-...

(12 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44431853

  Law Enforcement Actions Across 16 States Result in Charges, Arrest, and Seizures of 29 Financial Accounts, 21 Fraudulent Websites, and Approximately 200 Computers
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  Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the National Security Division announced the arrest of U.S. national Zhenxing “Danny” Wang of New Jersey pursuant to a five-count indictment. The indictment describes a multi-year fraud scheme by Wang and his co-conspirators to obtain remote IT work with U.S. companies that generated more than $5 million in revenue.

energy123|7 months ago

  > It’s just whoever the US government is unhappy about.
Likewise, you don't have evidence for this.

some_random|7 months ago

What evidence is lacking here?