Kraken thwarts hacker’s ill-intentioned job application

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Picture the iconic Spider-Man meme with the various Spider-Men pointing at each other.

Got it in your head?

Kraken said yesterday that it turned the tables on a North Korean hacker who was trying to get a job at the exchange.

I spoke to Kraken’s chief security officer, Nick Percoco, who gave me some details that are, honestly, just perfect for a Friday edition.

Percoco told me Kraken had received a list of email addresses tied to hackers. They, as one would expect, checked to see if any of those addresses would pop up around Kraken. One did. The person had applied for a job and was in a…

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