Collaborate Disseminate
Today’s reminder of the insider threat, from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia: ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A civilian electrical engineer for the Department of Defense pled guilty today to unauthorized removal and reten… Continue reading Department of Defense civilian employee pleads guilty to taking classified documents
NISOS’s new blog post is on one of DataBreaches’ favorite topics — the insider threat. Here are some snippets from their blog post: The surge in insider threats is alarming. The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) re… Continue reading The Escalating Challenge of Insider Threats
In today’s reminder of the insider threat, Jung Suk-yee reports that employees of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) are being investigated by the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency for leaking sensitive technology: The investigation, … Continue reading Alleged Data Breach at Korea Aerospace Research Institute Sparks Major Investigation
Davis Lu was convicted of sabotaging his employer’s systems through malicious code, and deleting encrypted data.
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There’s an update to an indictment announced by the DOJ in April 2021. In today’s reminder of the insider threat, DOJ announced: A federal jury in Cleveland convicted a Texas man today for writing and deploying malicious code on his former… Continue reading Texas Man Convicted of Sabotaging his Employer’s Computer Systems and Deleting Data
Susmita Chaulagain reports: A Ugandan court on Wednesday charged nine senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development over their alleged involvement in corruption, electronic fraud, and money laundering in connection w… Continue reading Uganda court charges senior finance officials with corruption over central bank hacking
Stephen Brun reports: An employee of Summerside’s Prince County Hospital accessed the personal files of more than 100 patients without permission, Health P.E.I. says. In a news release Monday afternoon, the health agency said it discovered the br… Continue reading Summerside hospital worker fired for improperly accessing patient files, says Health P.E.I.
The insider threat on steroids? Brian Krebs reports: Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past assoc… Continue reading Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’
The Washington Post reports: Agents of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees — including Treasury and State Department officials in sensit… Continue reading Maybe we should all file breach reports against Musk like Kevin did.
Prosecutors may have dropped the case against Dr. Eithan Haim, but his conduct is a reminder of the insider threat. AP reports: Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped the case against a Texas doctor who called himself a whistleblower on transgender care… Continue reading US Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care data