How a North Korean fake IT worker tried to infiltrate a U.S. company
CNBCยท2025-07-30 16:00
cyber security company know before revealed that it inadvertently hired a North Korean IT worker using a stolen US identity. They had a really good resume. We also asked them to submit credentials so that we could go through a background verification.The initial phone interviews went really well. We went through a couple interviews sent him a laptop and within 10 15 minutes of him turning on the laptop, IT security reached out to them to find out, hey, what's going on. You're supposed to be a new employee t ...