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It is _far_ more common than you think. A few years after I started at MS this guy was caught: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/07/who-wa
by qbasic_forever 6y ago
It is _far_ more common than you think. A few years after I started at MS this guy was caught: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/07/who-was-the-12th-russian-spy-at-microsoft/344876/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/07/wh... I knew a lot of folks internally that worked with him, knew him, etc. and had _no idea_ he was a spy or agent. He was the model of a perfect employee or hire for MS at the time.
- slt2021 6y agowow, so this guy worked as senior developer for infosec vendor NeoBIT (neobit.ru/partners openly cites FSB as their #1 client) and then gets a QA tester job at MSFT, no wonder DHS tracked him since he applied for visa. see, these people are not that smart, actually
- qbasic_forever 6y agoSure, but those are the people that have been caught. The ones actually making a difference will likely never be known.