alt Hacker NewsHow on earth did someone previously convicted of what sounds like hacking get job access to so many prod government databases? Wild that it took them so long to get caught.
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anonSrEng202309 • yesterday at 6:11 PM
And I recently couldn't get a job through a federal contractor for a federal position (requiring NO security clearance) because they didn't like something on my credit report.
sieabahlpark • yesterday at 6:07 PM
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I had the same questions. Apparently discovery of the prior conviction is what lead to them being fired:
> When the company discovered Sohaib Akhter’s felony conviction, it terminated both brothers’ employment during an online remote meeting on Feb. 18, 2025
from https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-jury-convicts-virgina... which is a better source on this.
That prompts the question of why background checks are so lax that they were hired before this was discovered.