An Air Force contractor is charged with losing a classified document, carrying a loaded handgun into a SCIF, and lying about it. Here is what insider threat programs can learn from the allegations.
A cleared contractor is accused of reaching far outside his duties for classified information and passing it to a romantic partner who publishes on Substack. Here is what insider threat programs should take from the case.
A former longtime employee of Marshall Mathers pleaded guilty to copying unreleased tracks from password-protected studio drives he helped run and selling them online for about $50,000. The case shows what happens when the person who runs the system becomes the threat.
A 24-year-old Royal Navy intelligence rating has been charged under the UK National Security Act with obtaining protected information and preparing to disclose it to benefit a foreign power. Here is what the case teaches every insider threat program.
The State Department has sanctioned five entities tied to former Google engineer Linwei Ding, convicted of stealing AI trade secrets for China-based companies. Here is what his case teaches every insider threat program.
A Navy construction contractor is charged with using his base credential to photograph and film sensitive military equipment and exercises at Naval Base Ventura County. The case is a reminder that insider risk includes vendors and trade workers, not just cleared staff.
An OpenAI engineer was arrested for allegedly hiding a covert recording device in his employer’s executive conference room. Here is what insider threat programs should take from it.
A former senior federal executive with a Top Secret/SCI clearance pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of about $194 million, in part through a fabricated Special Access Program. Here is what insider threat programs should take from it.
A new FBI warning says North Korean IT workers are leaning on paid facilitators and targeting cleared and government-contract roles. Here is how contractors can be used without knowing it, and how insider and vendor threat programs stop it.
A DIA insider threat specialist pleaded guilty to passing classified information to a foreign government. He copied it by hand. Here is what that means for every insider threat program.
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