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Did these schmucks even understood what they were doing? Most likely they were recruited with "work from home" offer and thought they were doing legitimate jobs
by loandbehold 2y ago
Did these schmucks even understood what they were doing? Most likely they were recruited with "work from home" offer and thought they were doing legitimate jobs. They are victims themselves.
- from-nibly 2y agoIn north Korea? I mean yeah they are victims, but not because they thought they were getting legitimate US work from home jobs.
- hollerith 2y agoNorth Koreans cannot access the global internet without the knowledge and permission of the regime in Pyongyang. And the OP says that "the North Korean IT workers who used Knoot's laptop farm generated revenue for North Korea's nuclear weapons program", which suggests that Pyongyang is taking most of their earnings. So, whether or not they are victims themselves, they need to be stopped.
- atonse 2y agoWhich schmucks? The Americans that got arrested? Yes, they would've had to somehow funnel those earnings (minus a cut) to the North Koreans, so they were absolutely complicit. If you're talking about the North Koreans doing this, I kind of don't blame any of the citizens, they're all victims of a brutal regime and are doing whatever to survive (literally). Yes there are truly bad actors too but it's hard to tell what's what. (Not excusing their behavior from OUR point of view)