Collaborate Disseminate
Employees at the Tesla car-manufacturing plant in Freemont, California, have been informed by company officials that a former worker “maliciously sabotaged” operations at the factory last month. According to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News,… Continue reading Tesla Fires Employee for Allegedly Sabotaging Operations at California-Based Factory
With limited confirmed information, a raft of theories and circumstantial evidence has come to light as to who was behind the attack and how they carried it out. Continue reading Twitter Hack Update: What We Know (and What We Don’t)
Crime doesn’t pay, even if you have the audacity to try to sell your employer its own, free software and personal data on your own colleagues. Continue reading Ex-Inspector General indicted for stealing data on 250k govt colleagues
Rogue employees — not just external threat groups — pose a formidable threat to incident response teams. Continue reading Insider Threats, a Cybercriminal Favorite, Not Easy to Mitigate
From voice assistant hacks to insider threats, Threatpost editors break down this week’s biggest news. Continue reading News Wrap: Voice Assistant Laser Hack, Twitter Insider Threats, Data Breach Fine Fails
Trend Micro customers whose data was sold are getting scam calls from criminals purporting to be support staff. Continue reading Rogue Trend Micro Employee Sold Customer Data for 68K Accounts
A former Yahoo software engineer has admitted hacking into thousands of Yahoo users’ accounts in a search for naked images and videos of young women. 34-year-old Reyes Daniel Ruiz, of Tracy, California, pleaded guilty in a federal court after adm… Continue reading Former Yahoo employee admits he hacked 6000 users’ accounts, stole nude photos and videos
The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a data breach that exposed 4m user accounts. Continue reading Club Penguin Rewritten breach caused by rogue admin backdoor
The IT admin demanded $10,000, when he didn’t get it things got X-rated Continue reading “Admin from Hell” holds company to ransom with porn makeover