A North Korean imposter was uncovered, working as a contract system developer at Amazon U.S., after their keystroke input lag raised suspicions with security specialists. Instead of a more normal 10ms lag normal remote workers generated, this contractor’s lag was around 110ms.

North Korean workers have increasingly infiltrated U.S. organizations to raise hard currency for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) or sometimes indulge in espionage and/or sabotage. It’s definitely not the first time and joins their highly successful Bitcoin theft efforts.