I just went through this same deal on LinkedIn, only I told the "recruiter" I'd need to verify with the company this is standard practice (which I did, I emailed corporate). The account vanished within a few hours of me sending that msg. Same as the article, I reported the repo to GitHub and as far as I can tell the organization and accounts associated with it are still online.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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I thought getting farmed for my resume was bad.
Damn, I thought LinkedIn itself got hacked, but that's just "recruiter" trying to get people to install malicious npm modules. 🥱
Good heads up tho, I periodically get folks trying some bullshit with me in there like "let's talk on WhatsApp".
Typical DPRK-Move.