SMRTR ProgrammingMay 8, 2025Daring Fireball

How to Catch a North Korean Fake Worker

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North Korean operatives are increasingly infiltrating global workforces, including Fortune 500 companies, by posing as remote workers. They use sophisticated methods like IP masking and laptop farms to appear legitimate. However, security experts have found a foolproof way to identify these infiltrators during job interviews: asking potentially offensive questions about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. When faced with such queries, the imposters immediately terminate the call to avoid saying anything negative about their leader.

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