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North Korea’s AI-Powered Hiring Scam | Wilmington News
North Korea is quietly siphoning nearly $800 million this year by exploiting stolen American identities and AI to hire workers inside U.S. companies — a scheme that funds its weapons programs while secretly opening corporate networks to espionage. Cybersecurity expert Michael Barnhart reveals 18 out of 20 major firms he studied were targeted, with North Korea grooming kids as young as seven for elite hacking roles. As companies tighten hiring scrutiny, Pyongyang adapts: using “laptop farms,” AI-driven interview bots, and deepfakes to appear legitimate — often through intermediaries in…
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