On National Social Engineering Day, we’re pulling the lid off one of the most dangerous insider threat campaigns in the world — North Korea’s fake remote IT worker program. 

Using AI-generated résumés, real-time deepfake interviews, and U.S.-based “laptop farms,” DPRK operatives are gaining legitimate employment inside U.S. companies — funding nuclear weapons programs and potentially opening doors to cyber espionage. 

We’ll cover the recent U.S. sanctions, the Christina Chapman laptop farm case, and the latest intelligence from CrowdStrike on FAMOUS CHOLLIMA — plus, we’ll give you specific, actionable ways to harden your hiring process and catch these threats before they embed inside your network. 

Actionable Takeaways for Defenders 

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