{"id":3109631,"date":"2026-04-06T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3109631"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:47:39","slug":"watch-this-video-of-how-a-job-interviewer-exposes-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/06\/watch-this-video-of-how-a-job-interviewer-exposes-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch this video of how a job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the last few years, North Koreans have <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/24\/us-government-targets-north-koreas-illicit-it-workforce-with-new-sanctions\/\">gotten<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us-sanctions-fraud-network-used-by-north-korea-to-seek-jobs-and-steal-money\/\">remote<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/28\/north-korean-hackers-have-stolen-billions-in-crypto-by-posing-as-vcs-recruiters-and-it-workers\/\">jobs<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/08\/04\/north-korean-spies-posing-as-remote-workers-have-infiltrated-hundreds-of-companies-says-crowdstrike\/\">hundreds<\/a> of Western companies pretending to be from somewhere else, using fake resumes, and sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/11\/14\/five-people-plead-guilty-to-helping-north-koreans-infiltrate-us-companies-as-remote-it-workers\/\">with the help of American collaborators<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s been a major problem for years, as North Korea remains highly sanctioned by the U.S. and European governments because of the regime&#8217;s banned nuclear weapons program, meaning companies are not allowed to hire North Koreans.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over time, someone realized that there could be a way to expose possible North Koreans during the interview process: Ask the suspected impostor to insult the country\u2019s dictator Kim Jong Un, given that insulting him is illegal in the country and can result in harsh punishments. While this is a well-known strategy, we rarely see real-life examples of it working in real time.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s exactly what happened in this video, which <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2041096021300928759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">went viral on X<\/a>. The clip shows a job interview during a video call, where the person hiring asks the job applicant to say \u201cKim Jong Un is a fat ugly pig.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is a video of a North Korean IT worker being stopped dead in their tracks upon being required to insult Kim Jong Un.<br><br>It won&#39;t work forever, but right now it&#39;s genuinely an effective filter. I&#39;m yet to come across one who can say it. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8FFVPxNm8X\">https:\/\/t.co\/8FFVPxNm8X<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KXI5efMo5L\">pic.twitter.com\/KXI5efMo5L<\/a><\/p>&mdash; tanuki42 (@tanuki42_) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tanuki42_\/status\/2041096021300928759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script class=\"tcembed-script tcembed--twitter\" async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The request appears to stump the job applicant, who gets visibly uncomfortable, pretends to have not understood the question, and then simply exits the interview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important to note that this trick doesn\u2019t always work. 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