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North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

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145 points cwwc | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 00:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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throwaway2037 ◴[08 Apr 25 03:58 UTC] No.43618229[source]▶
This part is genius:

    > Nowadays, Leggio told Fortune he won’t even set up an interview with a candidate who seems promising on paper unless they agree to one final step.

    “Say something negative about Kim Jong Un,” Leggio tells potential job candidates, referring to the third-generation authoritarian Supreme Leader of North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Through research, Leggio learned insulting the DPRK’s Supreme Leader is forbidden, and North Korean citizens could face serious punishment for showing anything less than reverence.

    “The first time I ever did it, the person started freaking out and cursing,” said Leggio.

    The job seeker subsequently blocked Leggio across all social media platforms. Now Leggio makes the same request before every single interview. Other startups and founders he knows are asking the same thing of job seekers, he said.
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vkou ◴[08 Apr 25 05:11 UTC] No.43618518[source]▶
Yeah, and if you ask someone if they are an undercover cop, they have to tell you.

This doesn't pass the smell test.

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1. Clubber ◴[08 Apr 25 11:17 UTC] No.43620382[source]▶
That's because you are assuming the DPRK's culture is like western culture. It isn't. They have secret police everywhere and if you say anything that isn't positive about the state, you will get disappeared and your whole family probably will too. This is understood at a very young age. They would need have to have a group of people isolated from this practice since birth for a couple of generations before they can pass this test.

https://libertyinnorthkorea.org/learn-nk-challenges

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/what-happens-to-you...