Probably one of the most obnoxious reporting handwaves is "deep ties and links". It has the same energy as "father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate"
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Our noble salaries versus their barbaric hard currency rewards
Tangentially related. I saw some reporting about the Korean hackers that were allegedly behind the latest crypto heist and they went on at great length to describe the barbaric incentive structures used by the DPRK with tortured phrasing such as "cushy Pyongyang studio apartments" and "hard currency rewards". So you mean like a fucking salary???