[great_reversal]

Getting hired is just applying to another job posting. The interview process is two-step, with a project-based technical component. The job itself is also two-step: first year is similar to contract work, with good employees brought into the fold not long after.

It looks like DOJ is trying to make an example out of some lowly frontend/freelance developer. Her work includes:

- creating a "web panel used to access victim data stored in a database"

- added a feature that "showed an infected computer or ‘bot’ status in different colors based on the colors of a traffic light"

- added a feature that "allowed other Trickbot Group members to know when their co-conspirators were working on a particular infected machine"

One thing DOJ accuses her of is "developing tools and protocols for the storage of credentials stolen and exfiltrated from victims infected by Trickbot." But its pretty obvious they don't know what "frontend developer" even means.

[zrobotics]

I mean, surely if one isn't absolutely clueless it would be pretty obvious what is being developed. Sure, she didn't code the active part of the malware, but the types of information being passed & displayed would almost certainly tip off what her employer was up to. I'm sure they know what a front-end dev does, none of that sounds like something beyond the job description.

It does seem shitty that all the other suspects had their names redacted except her, she likely wasnt high level in the organization, so singling her out like this is shitty. If the other suspects are still under investigation, react all the names until they can be made public. But that's a legal, not technical, issue.

[watwut]

Why would doing these be fundamentally less bad then other tech other work for gang? It is pretty clear from your examples that she knew who she is working for. And yes, this sort of admin codinf large part of any hackers group. Large scale operation reaquires that.

Second, your section "Her work includes" picks least harmful sounding sentences. And they still sound harmful enough.

[ggggtez]

I don't think it's obvious at all.

They gave one example of how she got hired, but not a comprehensive list of every feature she made.