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Firm hacked after accidentally hiring North Korean cyber criminal

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Summary
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71% Informative

Firm hired the technician after he faked his employment history and personal details.

Once given access to the company’s computer network, the hacker downloaded sensitive company data.

The firm which is based in the UK , US or Australia did not want to be named.

It is the latest in a string of cases of western remote workers being unmasked as North Koreans .

VR Score

65

Informative language

59

Neutral language

62

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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