The article discusses the alarming trend of North Koreans disguising themselves as Americans and obtaining jobs, particularly in remote work at Fortune 500 companies and crypto firms. Adam Meyers from CrowdStrike highlights that asking about Kim Jong Un during interviews serves as a successful deterrent, as these candidates will often terminate the call. The article also notes how these candidates create elaborate personas and social media profiles to deceive employers, illustrating the sophistication of their infiltration tactics.
One of the things that we've noted is that you'll have a person in Poland applying with a very complicated name, and then when you get them on Zoom calls, it's a military age male Asian who can't pronounce it.
Harrison Leggio noted that his company has been flooded with applications from North Korean citizens posing as prospective IT workers around the globe.
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