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KnowBe4 mistakenly hires North Korean hacker, faces infostealer attack

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KnowBe4 mistakenly hires North Korean hacker, faces infostealer attack

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

American cybersecurity company KnowBe4 says a person it recently hired as a Principal Software Engineer turned out to be a North Korean state actor who attempted to install information-stealing on its devices.

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And makes it’s living on telling other companies how to increase their security posture
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  The grift has come fulk circle

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