Western companies

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Incident 111824 Report
Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

2021-01-01

North Korean IT workers have reportedly been using AI tools to alter their appearances for ID spoofing and chatbots for real-time interview assistance to allegedly secure remote jobs at U.S. and Western companies. These positions have reportedly been granting access to sensitive systems and unwittingly generating income allegedly funneled to the DPRK regime.

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

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Companies in the United States

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Video interview platforms

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Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

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Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

Freelance platforms

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Document verification systems

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Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers

Digital identity verification services

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Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers