British companies warned amid growing concerns over North Korea's 'hoax IT workers'

British companies are being urged to hold video or face-to-face interviews with IT candidates after analysts warned that the UK has become a prime target for employees with fake identities sent by North Korea, The Guardian reports. A recent report shows that a single North Korean worker used 12 identities in Europe and the US and obtained contracts remotely, redirecting money to the Pyongyang regime.

North Korean IT Workers Use Real-Time Deepfakes to Infiltrate Organizations Through Remote Jobs

A division of Palo Alto Networks, have revealed a sophisticated scheme by North Korean IT workers to infiltrate organizations globally using real-time deepfake technology. This operation, which has raised critical security, legal, and compliance issues, involves creating synthetic identities for multiple job interviews, allowing a single operator to pretend to be different candidates. The method, […] The post North Korean IT Workers Use Real-Tim…

British companies warned amid growing concerns over North Korea's 'hoax IT workers'

The British government is urging companies to conduct in-person or video interviews when hiring, amid growing concerns that North Korean IT workers are disguising themselves as remote freelancers to infiltrate foreign firms.

Google revealed in a report this month that it discovered last year that a single North Korean worker was working under 12 remote identities in Europe and the U.S.

British companies recommend conducting video and face-to-face interviews to combat North Korean employment scams.

British companies are being advised to conduct job interviews via video or in-person to avoid the risk of inadvertently hiring North Korean employees. The caution comes after analysts noted that the UK has become a prime target for misinformed IT workers recruited by North Korea. These individuals are typically hired to work remotely, evade detection, [...] Source The post British companies recommend conducting video and face-to-face interviews …

An investigation has revealed that a single North Korean man operated under 12 different aliases. Experts say that agents of the East Asian dictatorship are "teleworking" in several European countries.