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Sasha Ingber
Personal blog · sashaingber.substack.compolitics
Sasha Ingber writes HUMINT, a personal blog at sashaingber.substack.com about politics. Since 2025, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “U.S. has been testing device linked to Havana Syndrome, sources say (12M video)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked posts by Sasha Ingber cover North Korean fake remote workers and laptop farms, and a report on a Havana Syndrome device. Commenters cite them as sources, with no comment on the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Human stories at the intersection of intelligence and national security.
Most-linked posts?
- U.S. has been testing device linked to Havana Syndrome, sources say (12M video)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-13
- The 23-year-old who infiltrated a North Korean laptop farm2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-05
What Hacker News says?
Employers in the U.S. are expecting to see domestic IP addresses. A laptop farm hosts the corporate laptop (domestically) that is sent to the remote worker. Hardware is provided to work the power remotely, along with all other functions. https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/us-wom... https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/the-23-year-old-who-infil... https://cyberscoop.com/doj-indicts-five-in-north-kore…
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on “An interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers”Submitted The 23-year-old who infiltrated a North Korean laptop farm as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttps://sashaingber.substack.com/p/exclusive-us-has-been-tes...
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on “Havana Syndrome Device Purchased”Submitted U.S. has been testing device linked to Havana Syndrome, sources say (12M video) as a story · 1 points
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