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Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions

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182 points arizen | 2 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source
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s3p ◴[09 Apr 25 13:11 UTC] No.43631668[source]▶
> Once hired, an impostor can install malware to demand a ransom from a company, or steal its customer data, trade secrets or funds.

I'm getting whiplash from how quickly this article jumps to conclusions. Most corporate cybersecurity is quite strong. Why is this the very first conclusion they come to? Not even that the fake profiles collect a salary, just.. "virus!!!"

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1. Loudergood ◴[09 Apr 25 13:32 UTC] No.43631874[source]▶
Most? Maybe for large companies. I work with a lot of SMBs and half of them are happy to use the gateway built into their cable modem, and install no additional security whatsoever. While running OSs that are beyond end of life.
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2. throwanem ◴[09 Apr 25 13:49 UTC] No.43632073[source]▶
Ever thus. The first programming job I had after high school, I got in part by pointing out that I hadn't previously seen Windows XP Pro machines with publicly routable IPv4 addresses, and suggesting one reason for their persistent slowness might be the effect of putting unfirewalled XP machines on the public Internet - a very bad idea, even in 2004.