[Aurornis]

The article mentions ransoming company data or source code as one outcome.

For many scammers (not North Korean specifically) it’s just one big game of collecting as many paychecks from as many companies as you can until they fire you.

For some multi-job people, the game is to continuously apply to companies and then let any company that is paying attention fire them after 1-3 months. Repeat long enough and you might find your way into a couple companies where your demands are so low that you can do all the jobs in a couple hours per day because your managers are so checked out that they don’t care. Ride this until the company lays off the whole underperforming team, then find the next jobs.