- 09:00 Nation-state-sponsored employee logs in, because they’re your employee too
Infiltration comes through an employment application too
Fake identification, stolen IDs, and deepfake tactics are a few of the tools used for nation-state threats.
Some of them are on the payroll
Nation-states also place people inside companies as remote IT workers, hired under false identities. They pass the interview, collect a paycheck, and have real access.
Background checks are an important tool, but sophisticated nation-state schemes have overcome them.
64%
of organizations are accounting for geopolitically motivated cyberattacks, such as espionage or the disruption of critical infrastructure.
Source: World Economic Forum, Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026
How Mimoto catches it
Mimoto combines advanced pattern matching with anomaly detection to recognize each specific person and respond to malicious activity.
Analyze
Measures how each person interacts, never what they type.
Verify
Confirms the person in the session matches the person who owns the account.
Enforce
Responds to a mismatch in real time: alerts your team, and re-verifies, restricts, or ends the session, your policy enforced automatically.
Frequently asked questions
Are nation-state threats only a large-company problem?
It is incorrect to assume your company is too small to be a nation-state target. Nation-states that are attempting to gain funds for their regimes look for remote roles across companies of all sizes and industries. Nation-state attacks that are attempting to access critical infrastructure or government systems utilize subcontractors, including SMB firms, as a “soft underbelly” that is easy to penetrate and goes unseen.
Don’t background checks catch nation-state threats?
Background checks have become increasingly easy to get around. One way this is accomplished is by combining social engineering, stolen identities, and AI to use real people’s identities and histories without their knowledge.
See where the gap sits in your environment
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