Ledger / 4 Aug 2025
CrowdStrike: Famous Chollima uses real-time deepfakes and GenAI at 320+ companies
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CrowdStrike says operatives very likely use real-time deepfakes, based on investigator observation.
CrowdStrike reports a surge in DPRK worker infiltrations, with GenAI for resumes and likely real-time deepfakes in interviews.
“Famous Chollima operatives very likely use real-time deepfake technology to mask their true identities in video interviews”Fortune
Sources
- North Korean IT worker infiltrations explodedFortune · 4 Aug 2025 · secondary source
- Disclosed
- 4 Aug 2025
- Activity
- 2024-2025
- Actor
- Famous Chollima (nation state), as attributed by Fortune
- Nexus
- North Korea
- Targets
- Hundreds of companies hiring remote IT workers
- What the AI did
- Deepfake, Social engineering, Fraud
- Model
- unspecified real-time face-swap tool
- Model family
- Deepfake / voice
- Model basis
- stated by researcher
- Autonomy
- assist
- Outcome
- Infiltrations reported up sharply year on year.