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Point-in-time workforce IDV is running out of road. We just updated our analysis of the 153M+ driver’s-license story. IDScan.net has now confirmed that identity data may have been accessed or copied from its systems. Which raises a very simple question: If the documents used to verify people can themselves be stolen, what does a successful ID check actually prove during an impersonation attack? It can prove the identity is real. It does not prove the human using it is the right person. That is the problem with treating a one-time identity check as the trust decision. Stronger credentials matter. Better verification matters. But in workforce security, passing IDV can no longer be the end of the conversation. The control has to move from “was this identity verified?” to “is this actually the expected person, right now?” Updated analysis: https://lnkd.in/g7HTak37

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You have been warned. By 11 countries. On July 31, all seven G7 nations plus four allies issued a joint alert on North Korea's IT worker scheme. First time France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands have signed on. This is no longer a US and Korea problem. What the alert describes: •Pose as locals. Get hired. Collect a salary. Send it home. •Increasingly AI-built: fake personas, polished resumes, manipulated interview video. •Once inside, the paycheck is not the point. Insider access is. Data theft follows. •The money funds North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. •Paying these workers can break domestic law and UN sanctions, not just security policy. How far it has spread: •One laptop farm alone: $17M for the regime, and 300+ US companies affected (DOJ). •Eight US-based laptop farm operators jailed in about five months (DOJ). •FAMOUS CHOLLIMA activity doubled in 2025 (CrowdStrike). What to do: •Treat identity as a process, not a one-time check. •Put a signal layer in front of every interview, not just the last. •Correlate across interviews. One "hire" is often a team. •Treat onboarding as the point of no return. Verify before access. The warning is on the record. What you do next is a choice. Full breakdown: https://lnkd.in/gYksdYNP//?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=paid&utm_id=1201173964&utm_campaign=Boost_Post_WebsiteVisits_Aug13,2026&hsa_acc=517492235&hsa_cam=1201173964&hsa_grp=879583074&hsa_ad=1504295504&hsa_net=linkedin&hsa_ver=3 Read the alert: https://lnkd.in/ewHNxdv5//?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=paid&utm_id=1201173964&utm_campaign=Boost_Post_WebsiteVisits_Aug13,2026&hsa_acc=517492235&hsa_cam=1201173964&hsa_grp=879583074&hsa_ad=1504295504&hsa_net=linkedin&hsa_ver=3 #HiringFraud #DPRK #NorthKoreanITworkers