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Coinbase Tightens Workforce Security After North Korea Remote-Worker Threats
Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com,
Coinbase, the world's third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has come under a wave of threats from North Korean hackers seeking remote employment with the company.
North Korean IT workers are increasingly targeting Coinbase's remote worker policy to gain access to its sensitive systems.
In response, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is rethinking the crypto exchange's internal security measures, including requiring all workers to receive in-person training in the US, while people with access to sensitive systems will be required to hold US citizenship and submit to fingerprinting.
“DPRK is very interested in stealing crypto,” Armstrong told Cheeky Pint podcast host John Collins in a Thursday episode. “We can collaborate with law enforcement […] but it feels like there's 500 new people graduating every quarter, from some kind of school they have, and th...