Amazon CSO Stephen Schmidt says subtle keystroke data lag, measuring 110ms instead of the expected tens of milliseconds, helped catch a North Korean IT worker
110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location Ken Underhill / eSecurity Planet : Amazon Detects North Korean IT Infiltrator via Latency Clues Deeba Ahmed / Hackread : Keyboard Lag Leads Amazon to North Korean Impostor in Remote Role Jess Kinghorn / PC Gamer : Keystroke lag alerts Amazon security staff that recent US-based IT hire was actually in North Korea Mathew Ingram / mathewingram.com/work : Director James Cameron once did CPR on a drowned rat Abinaya / Cyber Security News : Amazon Catches North Korean IT Worker by Tracking Tiny 110ms Keystroke Delays Jessica Lyons / The Register : Amazon blocked 1,800 suspected North Korean scammers seeking jobs Bluesky: Lesley Carhart / @hacks4pancakes.com : I love how the cybersecurity community consensus on this story is generally that the company deserved getting compromised for being so abusive and intrusive to their workers. www.tomshardware.com/tech-ind... Monitoring keystroke latency is an ADA complaint waiting to happen. Mastodon: Dave Rahardja / @drahardja@sfba.social : “Keystroke data from the laptop of a worker who was supposed to be in US should have taken tens of milliseconds to reach Amazon's Seattle headquarters. Instead, the flow from this machine was more than 110 milliseconds, Amazon's Chief Security Officer Stephen Schmidt told me. … Forums: r/cybersecurity : Amazon Caught North Korean IT Worker By Tracing Keystroke Data r/worldnews : North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location r/OrphanCrushingMachine : Amazons worker monitoring software catches North Korean infiltrator typing 0.1secs slower than Americans r/nottheonion : North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location BeauHD / Slashdot : North Korean Infiltrator Caught Working In Amazon IT Department Thanks To Lag