Remote workforce has changed how companies hire. It has also changed who can get in to these sought-out businesses. Across global hiring pipelines, recruiters are encountering candidates who look legit on paper, interview well remotely and arrive with precisely the right skills organisations need. The problem isn’t poor vetting or rudimentary HR. It’s that some of these applicants aren’t who they claim to be and in some cases, they’re part of a coordinated effort tied to North Korea. Alex Tilley, Global Threat Research Coordinator at Okta, talked about how North Korean IT workers are systematically exploiting remote hiring models not just in Silicon Valley, but across industries and geographies right ...