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Watch this video of how a job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Date Published: 2026-04-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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The article describes North Koreans posing as foreign remote workers to obtain jobs at Western companies using fake resumes, and recounts a viral video where an applicant exited an interview after being asked to insult Kim Jong Un—a tactic some employers use to identify suspected North Korean impostors. It notes that this method can work in some cases but is not reliably effective, particularly for North Koreans living outside the DPRK.

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