March 10, 2020

Ex-Inspector General indicted for stealing data on 250k govt colleagues

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.

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August 08, 2019

More than 2m AT&T phones illegally unlocked by bribed insiders

The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking.

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August 06, 2019

GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach

The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being "friendly" (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers' posts.

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December 19, 2018

Snack-happy parrot shows insider threats come in all shapes and sizes

The African Grey has tried to get Alexa to send him lightbulbs, a kite, watermelon, ice cream, strawberries, raisins, broccoli and ice cream.

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November 01, 2018

US indicts alleged Chinese spies for hacking aerospace companies

The DOJ described five years of stealing turbofan engine designs that relied on insiders, state-sponsored hackers, phishing and malware.

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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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September 21, 2017

“Admin from Hell” holds company to ransom with porn makeover

The IT admin demanded $10,000, when he didn't get it things got X-rated

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September 18, 2017

DOJ lets itself off the privacy hook

The Department of Justice has excused its insider threat database from multiple provisions of the 1974 Privacy Act

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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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