`https://dev.to/darkbranchcore`

https://dev.to/darkbranchcore is a DEV Community account that one published source reports in connection with IT Worker Fraud activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from NKInternet. The report is dated 2026-04-07.

devto account IT Worker Fraud MATCHED IN SOURCE removed checked 2026-11-08

Listed as darkbranchcore

First seen 2026-04-07 · last seen 2026-04-07

removed checked 2026-11-08

Source

…were found commenting on a dev.to article, which led to the discovery of a second cluster centered around a persona named Kolin Kojima: https://dev.to/darkbranchcore/when-debugging-became-belonging-what-nearly-15-years-of-helping-developers-taught-me-3amg/comments The “Kolin Kojima” persona maintains…
npm Malware, Fake Devs, and Deepfake Videos: These Are A Few of My Favorite DPRK Things | North Korean Internet — NKInternet · under “Cluster 2 — The Kolin Kojima freelancer ring” · published 2026-04-07 · pulled 2026-08-30

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