This bug allowed everyone to apply for Google CEO’s position

If quite recently you by any chance came across a job opening for Google CEO on LinkedIn then it’s not because Sundar Pichai has quit or anything like that. In fact, it was a flaw reported in LinkedIn – a popular source for job hunters — allegedly allowed users to post any job listing on company’s pages without taking any permission or authorization. According to a report by The Next Web, it was Netherlands-based recruiter Michel Rijnders who discovered the flaw and informed the Microsoft-owned professional social network.
The bug allowed users to post an ‘unofficial’ job posting on any company’s LinkedIn business page. What’s alarming is that the job opening also popped up on Google Search as it avails listing information from different websites, like LinkedIn.

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