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by ClumsyPilot 981 days ago
This reads like blatant fear mongering

> infiltrate organizations they work for to steal secrets

Do you worry about this as a random company? You are gonna steal source code for 4 out of 12 micro services required to run some random online shopping website, or a video game? what is North Korean gov. Going to do with it?

And if you give random people access to customer data, then it’s already being sold on the dark web.

> suspicious behavior such as working odd hours and inconsistencies in name spellings

every autistic or dyslexic or socially disfynctional techy is a spy now?

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Fyi we don't live in a utopian all for one and one for all world, as unfortunate as that is.
Q: What will they do with it?

A: Insert code for backdoors, then leverage those backdoors to hack defense systems and systems that can track where defense personnel and equipment are. Traffic cameras and delivery services come to mind.