In their continual quest to redefine cybersecurity nightmares, North Korean hackers, now true fans of spectral themes, have released their latest malware chains: GhostCall and GhostHire. Because, apparently, when your nation’s economic policy includes cryptocurrency theft as a pillar, it’s only fitting to have digital poltergeists do the heavy haunting.

Kaspersky’s diligent ghostbusters have tracked these campaigns as part of SnatchCrypto, an ongoing operation supposedly named after a promising heist film or a really bad B-movie about digital piracy. BlueNoroff, Lazarus Group’s less-famous but equally mischievous cousin, is the mastermind behind this spectral intrusion, with ambitions seemingly stretching between the digital world and the spirit realm.

In a bold move that surprised absolutely no one, GhostCall and GhostHire specifically target the emerging Web3 and blockchain sectors. Insiders speculate it’s because if you can’t understand blockchain, you might as well haunt it. With phantom calls and job offers demystifying the process, aspiring cryptojackers are already lining up for BlueNoroff’s next supernatural seminar on ‘Ectoplasmic Economics 101.’