March 11, 2020

Trial for accused CIA leaker ends in hung jury

The US is expected to press for a retrial in the high-stakes trial of Joshua Schulte, suspected of raiding the CIA's cyber arsenal.

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June 24, 2019

Desjardins’ employee from hell spills 2.9m records

The leak, carried out by a since-fired rogue employee, affected 2.7 million people and 173,000 businesses - about 41% of its clientele.

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April 09, 2019

Fired sysadmin pleads guilty to doxxing five senators on Wikipedia

Cosko, 27, pleaded guilty to five counts including making public restricted personal information, computer fraud, witness tampering and obstruction of justice,

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April 01, 2019

Top-secret defense document hoarder Harold Martin pleads guilty

Martin admitted that for more than 20 years, he stole and a vast quantity of highly classified information, stashing it in his home and car.

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October 30, 2018

Gov worker visits 9k porn sites without protection, spreads infection

A now very “ex”-government employee provides a teachable moment.

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July 31, 2018

NSA hasn’t closed security windows Snowden climbed through

One of three problems found in an audit: two-person access controls haven't been properly implemented at data centers and equipment rooms.

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May 17, 2018

CIA’s “Vault 7” mega-leak was an inside job, claims FBI

The suspect worked for a CIA group that designed hacking tools at the time the cyber-spying arsenal was given to WikiLeaks.

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June 13, 2017

Distributor caught selling Apple customers’ data

Police have uncovered a large network of Apple distributor employees selling iPhone users' data on the cyberunderground.

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December 09, 2016

Admin spied on Expedia executive emails to make share killing

Former staffer to pay $375,000 in restitution and faces sentencing in February

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