A Backdoor Disguised as a Job Interview
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A Twitter post shares a story of a job candidate attempting to hack into a company's system during an interview, highlighting the need for vigilance in hiring processes, and sparking discussion on the tactics used by malicious actors.
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zahlman
4 months ago
Why is it that everyone who finds that AI did something useful for them and wants to share the information, feels compelled to let AI also do the write-up, without any attempt at style tuning nor apparent awareness of how blatantly AI it sounds?
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