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At one point I noticed a lot of people from North Korea openly registered and active on Hacker Rank and I wondered how Hacker Rank was allowed to let them use t
by codezero 5y ago
At one point I noticed a lot of people from North Korea openly registered and active on Hacker Rank and I wondered how Hacker Rank was allowed to let them use their platform.
- SXX 5y agoDon't you think it's just people can set their country to North Korea just for fun?
- codezero 5y agoI am confident these were legit.
- zerkten 5y agoI can't imagine they have a very strong compliance focus. What gave them away in particular, or where they just operating in the open?
- codezero 5y agoWide open.
- masijo 5y agoWhy wouldn't they allow it, though?
- codezero 5y agoUS businesses cannot offer services to several countries we have sanctions against.
- xxpor 5y agoSanctions
- HenryKissinger 5y agoAnd the lack of Internet in North Korea.
- codezero 5y agoThey have a few IP addresses that are pretty active.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoAnybody on HackerRank could use the knowledge gained nefariously, why should North Koreans be specifically banned?
- codezero 5y agoI don’t think they should be. Those people are pawns though, not curious hackers. The Us govt decides what countries we sanction, not me.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoThe US cyber related sanctions do not seem to forbid educational resources from being accessed in North Korea, with a possible exception related to encryption. >Those people are pawns though, not curious hackers Anyone using the site for their government or private job would be then. Practicing for your employment does not mean you don't like your job.
- codezero 5y agoThis is an interesting workaround. The people I found were definitely overly part of a university which would explain the potential reason this might be a good technicality.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoIt's not a workaround. There are economic sanctions and an arms embargo, not a total ban on interaction.
- codezero 5y agoGiven that these hackers are acting maliciously on behalf of a violent dictator, it’s a workaround.
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- m00x 5y agoYou can set your country to anything. I changed mine to North Korean and I'm Canadian. This doesn't prove anything other than people like to meme.