Robert McMillan
@bobmcmillan.bsky.social
Cybersecurity reporter for the Wall Street Journal
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New WSJ story by @bobmcmillan.bsky.social:
"[R]esearchers…traced them to a 14-room Airbnb in Laos, posting photographs of them at restaurants and sporting events in Vladivostok, Russia…This team has been generating at least $10 million a year for North Korea"
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"[R]esearchers…traced them to a 14-room Airbnb in Laos, posting photographs of them at restaurants and sporting events in Vladivostok, Russia…This team has been generating at least $10 million a year for North Korea"
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He Thought an Employee Stole Crypto. The FBI Says It Was a North Korean Scammer.
An army of North Korean workers have taken tech jobs at companies around the world, gaining funds for the regime through paychecks, theft and extortion.
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June 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New WSJ story by @bobmcmillan.bsky.social:
"[R]esearchers…traced them to a 14-room Airbnb in Laos, posting photographs of them at restaurants and sporting events in Vladivostok, Russia…This team has been generating at least $10 million a year for North Korea"
(gift link) www.wsj.com/business/he-...
"[R]esearchers…traced them to a 14-room Airbnb in Laos, posting photographs of them at restaurants and sporting events in Vladivostok, Russia…This team has been generating at least $10 million a year for North Korea"
(gift link) www.wsj.com/business/he-...
We have been hearing for years now about North Korean IT workers getting jobs at US companies. The DoJ indicted a number of these workers today, and here’s one story explaining how it happens.
www.wsj.com/business/he-...
www.wsj.com/business/he-...
He Thought an Employee Stole Crypto. The FBI Says It Was a North Korean Scammer.
An army of North Korean workers have taken tech jobs at companies around the world, gaining funds for the regime through paychecks, theft and extortion.
www.wsj.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We have been hearing for years now about North Korean IT workers getting jobs at US companies. The DoJ indicted a number of these workers today, and here’s one story explaining how it happens.
www.wsj.com/business/he-...
www.wsj.com/business/he-...
Someone broke into reporters’ email accounts at the Washington Post. Story here: www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...
Exclusive | Cyberattack on Washington Post Compromises Email Accounts of Journalists
Reporters covering national security and economic policy were among the employees affected by the breach.
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June 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Someone broke into reporters’ email accounts at the Washington Post. Story here: www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...
I wrote a story with @dustinvolz.bsky.social about a woman in Phoenix who turned her life around by operating a North Korean laptop farm.
www.wsj.com/business/nor...
www.wsj.com/business/nor...
North Korea Infiltrates U.S. Remote Jobs—With the Help of Everyday Americans
A LinkedIn message drew a former waitress in Minnesota into a type of intricate scam involving illegal paychecks and stolen data. It’s a growing problem for businesses.
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May 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I wrote a story with @dustinvolz.bsky.social about a woman in Phoenix who turned her life around by operating a North Korean laptop farm.
www.wsj.com/business/nor...
www.wsj.com/business/nor...
What is going on in France? Wrench attacks on crypto whales and their families have people worried there. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Severed Fingers and ‘Wrench Attacks’ Rattle the Crypto Elite
As bitcoin soars, investors and executives are taking their swollen digital wallets offline for safety. Criminals are coming after them, violently.
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May 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What is going on in France? Wrench attacks on crypto whales and their families have people worried there. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
You may have read our story a few months back about how a Disney employee had his digital life ruined by a hacker calling himself “Nullbulge”
www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...
Ryan Kramer of Santa Clarita has agreed to plead guilty to the hack.
www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...
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Ryan Kramer of Santa Clarita has agreed to plead guilty to the hack.
www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...
Santa Clarita Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Hacking Disney Employee’s Computer, Downloading Confidential Data from Company
A Santa Clarita man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking the personal computer of an employee of The Walt Disney Company last year, obtaining login information, and using that information to illegall...
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May 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You may have read our story a few months back about how a Disney employee had his digital life ruined by a hacker calling himself “Nullbulge”
www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...
Ryan Kramer of Santa Clarita has agreed to plead guilty to the hack.
www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...
www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...
Ryan Kramer of Santa Clarita has agreed to plead guilty to the hack.
www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...
Greetings everybody out in the Blue Sky. After the requisite period of lurking, let me say that I am the cybersecurity reporter here at the Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau and I will skeet things.
March 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Greetings everybody out in the Blue Sky. After the requisite period of lurking, let me say that I am the cybersecurity reporter here at the Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau and I will skeet things.