Comment by goolz
2 hours ago
Yep! They are rampant on Upwork. You could probably find a cell of them in a day if you wanted, just go looking for jobs with the 'crypto' tag, haha. They have offered me serious sums of money to "simply install RDP and give us access to your network". I imagine people desperate enough take them up on it too.
That... sounds lucrative, and exciting? Use an isolated network, snoop on what device is doing, learn a thing or two about what these threat actors are doing?
I would worry you run a real risk of becoming unbanked once those funds hit your bank account, or worse
I’d be more worried about getting a visit from your local government as well.
Giving people unrestricted access to your endpoint is up there with run in a tor exit node.
You'll need to convince the court that you were not aware they were the North Koreans. You run a very real risk of jail, not just becoming unbanked.
I think you need to give them your identity/bank account to route the payments. Otherwise, 50% is too high for a laptop placement + vpn.