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KnowBe4 mistakenly hires North Korean hacker, faces infostealer attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[โ€“] GildorInglorion@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

(https://blog.knowbe4.com/how-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker-tried-to-infiltrate-us) They are saying they caught the guy before he had access to anything important.

[โ€“] Landless2029@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He made it though onboarding and got a company laptop with creds. Got flagged by SEC because he got malware day 1. Also they dug in and he was connected to the states with a VPN.

HR failed. SEC caught it. Now SEC/CIO yell at HR.