Fortune’s CEO Daily includes Pindrop CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan’s warning that fake job applicants are increasing as companies expand remote hiring. The DPRK-relevant finding is Pindrop’s claim that one in 343 applicants it identifies is from North Korea, framed as part of a broader pattern of workplace fraud and corporate espionage risk. The article describes fake applicants using handlers, fabricated resumes, and deceptive video interviews, while deepfake coworkers and IT staff impersonation are becoming more common for tasks such as password-reset fraud. The piece matters for DPRK monitoring because it reinforces remote hiring as an access and revenue vector, though it does not provide malware, infrastructure, or IOC details.