The Difference Between Insider Risk and Insider Threats The difference between an insider risk and an insider threat is relatively straightforward: insider risks are anyone who has access to sensitive data. Insider risks do not necessarily have malicious intent—it can… Read More
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IBM Accuses Startup of Stealing Tech
By: Aaron Kim, ITMG Insider Threat Analyst IBM has accused a startup of using a British company as a front to steal tech and engage in corporate espionage. In a claim made to the court, Swiss company LzLabs is accused… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases August 31, 2022
Block Faces Class Action Suit After 2021 Breach Payments giant Block is being taken to court by former customers who claim its negligence led to an insider stealing their personal information last year. A December 2021 breach at the firm’s… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News August 31, 2022
LastPass Hackers Stole Source Code Password management giant LastPass has revealed details of a security incident earlier this month in which proprietary information was stolen by threat actors. The firm, which claims to have over 33 million global users including… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News August 26, 2022
Tangibly Announces $1.3 Million in Funding from Wilson Sonsini and Madrona for Platform to Help Companies Protect their Most Important IP Assets – Trade Secrets Tangibly, a trade secret management platform, announced today a pre-seed financing of $1.3M with participation… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases August 26, 2022
Tesla Wins Order to Arbitrate Trade-Secret Case Against Former Engineer A San Francisco federal judge has sent a dispute between Tesla Inc and its former engineer Alexander Yatskov to private arbitration, rejecting Yatskov’s plea to keep the case in court… Read More
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IBM Accuses Startup of Stealing Tech
By: Aaron Kim, ITMG Insider Threat Analyst IBM has accused a startup of using a British company as a front to steal tech and engage in corporate espionage. In a claim made to the court, Swiss company LzLabs is accused… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News August 19, 2022
Department of Defense Selects Torch.AI for New Cyber and Insider Threat System Torch.AI has revealed that the Department of Defense (DOD) has selected the company’s software for a new cyber and insider threat analysis capability, the System for Insider Threat… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases August 19, 2022
Former Twitter Employee Found Guilty of Spying for Saudi Arabia According to court documents, both individuals leveraged their access to internal systems to unauthorizedly get hold of nonpublic information about users of specific accounts that were critical of the regime…. Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases August 12, 2022
Toyota-Backed Robotaxi Unicorn Pony.ai Sues Ex-Employees Over Trade Secrets Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company valued at $8.5 billion as of late, has sued two former employees over alleged trade secret infringement. The lawsuit is arriving months after Frank (Zhenhao)… Read More