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Inadequate Due Diligence: Many firms don’t implement rigorous verification, relying on remote interviews, which can easily be faked.
Lack of Knowledge Across Teams: HR, IT, and security personnel are often unaware of this specific threat, leading to missed red flags.
Flooding of Applications: The use of bot applications and large pools of fake applicants means legitimate credentials are drowned out among the noise.
Alarmingly, even when suspicious activity is flagged, companies sometimes dismiss evidence, citing the high performance or productivity of the infiltrators, without recognizing the underlying risk.