AI Interview Bots Are Now Both the Attacker and the Target

The article highlights two-sided trust risks in automated hiring: applicants can embed prompt-injection or manipulative content in résumés to bias AI screeners, while scammers can impersonate employers with deepfakes, cloned career pages, and fake recruiters to defraud candidates. It cites research showing hidden résumé injections and FBI/DOJ cases of identity fraud, and recommends controls such as canonical career pages, explicit verification channels, multi-point identity checks, AI screening tests for hidden instructions, monitoring for lookalike domains and fake profiles, and cross-team workflows between HR, security, and brand protection.