Hiring fake IT workers has been a growing problem in recent years — but it’s often a problem very few want to admit to. From Fortune 500 companies down to smaller organizations, remote hiring practices have been exploited to grant trusted access to individuals who are not who they claim to be creating an insider threat risk. Estimates suggest there are thousands of fake IT workers operating across the US who are in a position to steal information, IP and data, outsource work offshore, carry out sabotage, or funnel money to foreign governments. Amazon has identified and blocked more than 1,800 attempts by North Korea to secure IT roles — and the numbers are rising, according to its chief secu...