This case highlights the need for a strong insider risk management program. While it’s not clear from publicly available information how documents were removed, there appears to have been a large scale effort to remove or copy Genentech documents and transfer them… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 19, 2021
Former Corning Employee Indicted for Stealing Trade Secrets, Economic Espionage A former lead scientist for Corning Inc. was arraigned today after a federal grand jury in Rochester returned an indictment charging him with economic espionage, theft of trade secrets and violating… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat News – July 19, 2021
“Our IT teams have an Incident Response Plan. We’re prepared for a cyberattack.” Maybe not. Phishing attacks, insider threats, denial of service disruptions, malware and ransomware — cybersecurity incidents like these happen on a daily basis. For most of these… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat News – July 15, 2021
Insider Risk Caused by Data Exposure and Leaks Siphons Vast Revenue From Organizations As companies emerge from the pandemic, and 40% of employees are planning to switch jobs, corporate data is at risk. Files are being uploaded, shared, synced and emailed by employees as a… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 15, 2021
Former CEO and COO of JHL Biotech Charged with Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets and Commit Wire Fraud Exceeding $101 Million Today, the court unsealed an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in San Francisco charging Racho Jordanov, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Office of… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat News – May 17, 2021
**ITMG Insider Threat Cases – Archive If We Don’t Secure People, Information Security Will Remain a Pipe Dream As we’ve written previously on Lawfare, businesses are on the frontline of an intense geopolitical competition. Their assets—like innovative technologies, complex research and development, and data—are… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat Cases – May 17, 2021
**ITMG Insider Threat News – Archive Former Army Green Beret Sentenced for Russian Espionage Conspiracy WASHINGTON – A Virginia man and former Army Green Beret was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat News – March 29, 2021
**ITMG Insider Threat Cases – Archive ‘Be aware’: The Pentagon’s target list for extremist infiltrators — right and left An internal “training module” singles out a range of groups, ideologies and symbols seen as primary insider threats.They are all signs that extremists… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat Cases – March 29, 2021
**ITMG Insider Threat News – Archive Office 365 Cyberattack Lands Disgruntled IT Contractor in Jail A former IT contractor is facing jailtime after a retaliatory hack into a company’s network and wiping the majority of its employees’ Microsoft Office 365 accounts. A… Read More
ITMG Insider Threat News – March 22, 2021
New Forrester Research says ‘Motivations & Indicators’ are Key to Mitigating Insider Threats One thing is clear, everyone is waking up to the reality that mitigating insider threats can’t be done with rules or by monitoring a select few high-risk… Read More