How to Spot a Deepfake Job Application

Research firm Gartner predicts that by 2028, 25 percent of job candidates will be fake, created largely by AI.

Earlier this year, the Justice Department announced it had indicted two North Korean nationals and three facilitators in a scheme designed to put North Korean nationals in remote IT roles at U.S. companies and gain access to their systems. From April 2018 through August 2024, the five allegedly obtained work from at least 64 companies. They achieved this through the use of false websites, proxy computers, and more.