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How AI caught a malicious North Korean insider at Exabeam

  • Alissa Irei--Techtarget.com
  • published date: 2026-03-30 20:01:00 UTC

A North Korean posing as an American tech worker used GenAI to infiltrate Exabeam's network. But agentic AI found the signals among UEBA noise and exposed him in a matter of seconds.

In the summer of 2025, a young tech professional named Trevor Roth* landed a remote job at cybersecurity vendor Exabeam. Roth had aced his technical interview and test with flying colors. He also pa… [+8332 chars]