Tag: insider threat
US agents seize 187 laptops in a North Korean IT worker sweep
Two Americans are accused of helping Pyongyang's fake remote workers land jobs at US companies.
An OpenAI engineer is charged over a bug hidden in a boardroom
Federal prosecutors say a recording device tucked inside a conference-room TV was meant to capture secret work on superintelligence.
Engineer who locked his own employer out gets prison time
A core infrastructure engineer wiped admin accounts and demanded 20 bitcoin from the firm that employed him.
Insider contractor gets two years for Brightly Software extortion
A contractor got two years for extorting Brightly Software with stolen payroll data.
Insider Negotiator Helped BlackCat Ransomware Gang Maximize Payouts
A former cybersecurity incident response employee received a 70-month prison sentence for feeding confidential victim data to the BlackCat ransomware…
Former School District Employee Sentenced for Hacking Former Employer
The former IT worker conducted a 21-month cyber campaign that deleted accounts, disrupted classes, and cost over $59,000 in damages…