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Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceSep 18, 2026 · 05:00via Help Net Security

98% of fraudulent hires have company credentials by the time they’re caught

Brief

A 90-day period between hiring and onboarding is creating a blind spot in enterprise identity security, according to HYPR’s State of HR Identity Fraud Detection report. “Adversaries no longer need to breach a network when they can pass a remote interview and receive authentic credentials directly from IT,” said Bojan Simic, CEO of HYPR. “Human intuition is not a security control.

Sceptics might point to low reported numbers, but the lack of purpose-built verification technology … More →

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