A hacker from North Korea has successfully passed an interview with an American company.
He forged documents and photographs, providing the details of a real person.
The company conducted four interviews, checked the data in the questionnaire, and the candidate did not raise any suspicions, according to the KnowBe4 blog.
An American company accidentally hired a hacker from North Korea.
He forged documents and tried to infect the organization's system with dangerous viruses.
After receiving a working Mac from the company's EDR system, the security operations center received an alert about a potential threat.
The specialists contacted the new employee, who said that he was trying to set up the router.
However, he wanted to manipulate files and run malware.
The company found out that the attempts to introduce malware were intentional.
A North Korean employee obtained a work computer and connected to it from North Korea in an attempt to obtain data on the company's financial activities.
