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You can't commit a crime just because your boss told you to. If your boss asks you to break in to a building and steal something you will still be in trouble f
by naet 3y ago
You can't commit a crime just because your boss told you to. If your boss asks you to break in to a building and steal something you will still be in trouble for doing it, even if you have a paper trail showing your objection. Same should apply if you knowingly provide fraudulent information to a government agency.
You might get a lesser sentence if you can prove that you were pressured into it by your employer but you're still ultimately liable for your actions.
In this situation you need to put your foot down and say you can't commit fraud on behalf of the company. You could offer to either hire a pen tester, or conduct a half assed pen test yourself and report on the paper that you did an "internal" pen test, or something like that. But you should not have filled out a document with known false info. What did you think would happen once you did? That they would just throw it in the trash?
Given that the consequences are already happening, you should make it clear that you aren't going to continue to lie and schedule a pen test ASAP.