Wow! Final week’s weblog submit went viral, reaching main media retailers and acquired over 125K hits inside days. Responses from all over the world praised our transparency and dedication to doing what’s proper, although some had detrimental reactions.
I made a decision to jot down an FAQ with a bit extra element and reiterate that this was not an information breach however a public service announcement: https://weblog.knowbe4.com/north-korean-fake-it-worker-faq
Do now we have egg on our face? Sure. And I’m sharing that lesson with you. It is why I began KnowBe4 in 2010. In 2024, our mission is extra necessary than ever. Transparency helps the struggle towards these assault vectors. One in every of our prospects wrote to me and stated: “Actually admire the FAQ you place out as properly. Very a lot admire the transparency and the way forthcoming KnowBe4 was with data.” – Matt.
At present’s fast-paced media cycle usually overlooks related information. In brief, the press protection was uneven. Many technical media retailers have been cool, calm, and picked up, contemplating this an incredible cautionary story, and appreciated our transparency. Different retailers took the “If it bleeds, it leads” sensational angle. They turned it into “information breach” clickbait and solely casually talked about on the finish that no hurt was accomplished.
However we obtained the message out and that was the primary goal. I used to be requested to do a Webinar about this in order that we might assist organizations much more to ensure they might not make the identical error. We’ll, so keep tuned. We’re additionally creating an precise coaching module: “Safe Hiring” the place we’ll compile all the most effective hiring practices to stop this type of factor.
Thanks for being a present (or future) KnowBe4 buyer. We’re all collectively in these trenches. A current and really related article within the Wall Road Journal was despatched to me, glorious to share along with your C-level execs as funds ammo: “Deepfakes, Fraudsters and Hackers Are Coming for Cybersecurity Jobs:”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/deepfakes-fraudsters-and-hackers-are-coming-for-cybersecurity-jobs-e2a76d06
Extra Background: 1) At the tip of the weblog submit we hyperlink to a current podcast from Mandiant the place they go in depth about this specific hazard. I strongly suggest you take heed to it. 2) The U.S. Authorities is conscious of this risk and has been warning towards it since 2022. Right here is the hyperlink.