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North Korean Job Scam Hack: Redbanc ATM Network Compromised

Calendar Jan 18, 2019 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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North Korean hackers fooled a Redbanc employee into a fake job interview over Skype and then tricked him into downloading malware onto his work computer to get access to the company’s interbank network, according to a report by Chilean news site trendTIC. For those unaware, Redbanc is an interbank network in Chile that connects the ATMs of all the banks in Chile. It all began when the Redbanc employee in question responded to a developer job advertisement on the job website, LinkedIn. When the Redbanc professional clicked to apply for the position, he was contacted by the hackers for an interview, which they conducted in Spanish via a Skype call.

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