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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 85 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Maybe they lied in the call and said they weren't a North Korean hacker. That would be the kind of devious thing a hacker might do.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 months ago (7 children)

They submitted a deep fake photo and never did a call.

To prevent a repeat, KnowBe4 is advising its peers in the industry to consider interviewing prospective employees on a video call to ensure they’re real

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit, this is classic. The next time I let my ADHD get the better of me and I accidentally click on a link in a spoof phishing email (and, yes, try to log in to whatever account they told me there was a problem with because I'm an idiot, you're so perfect, shut up) sent as a test by the IT department which results in them requiring me to take some KnowBe4 refresher course, I'm sending them this article and telling them "This one is a freebie."

[–] nexusband@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As someone managing KnowBe4 for our Clients, I'd actually let you pass with it... ;D

[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah, shows that the internal client is researching security topics

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