The North Korea hack is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 13, 14:57 UTC, we have counted 3 threads about it in 3 communities, led by r/nottheonion, r/worldnews and r/technology. Combined, those threads hold roughly 5.1K upvotes and 312 comments so far.
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- Newsweek: Woman gets chance to study abroad—chooses North Korea
At 19, Diana Karabegovich studied in North Korea, balancing classes, cafés and volleyball in a tightly controlled state.
The numbers in the headlines
- $400 million: cited by a post in r/worldnews and a post in r/technology
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/nottheonion | 1 | 3,099 | 180 | Nov 14, 01:00 UTC |
| r/worldnews | 1 | 1,289 | 87 | Nov 13, 14:57 UTC |
| r/technology | 1 | 693 | 45 | Nov 13, 20:44 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Woman gets chance to study abroad—chooses North Korear/nottheonion · 3,099 upvotes · 180 comments · Nov 14, 01:00 UTC · newsweek.com
- North Korea steals $400m from US tech workers in video call scamr/worldnews · 1,289 upvotes · 87 comments · Nov 13, 14:57 UTC · telegraph.co.uk
- North Korea steals $400m from US tech workers in video call scamr/technology · 693 upvotes · 45 comments · Nov 13, 20:44 UTC · telegraph.co.uk
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/worldnews: “North Korea steals $400m from US tech workers in video call scam”
- The story reaches r/technology: “North Korea steals $400m from US tech workers in video call scam”
- The story reaches r/nottheonion: “Woman gets chance to study abroad—chooses North Korea”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/nottheonion (3,099 upvotes, 180 comments by our last count).
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.