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Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged with leaking classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded guilty on Monday to carrying out one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in years. The Read More …
A massive data breach by a worker at Stratford-on-Avon District Council saw tens of thousands of email addresses taken. The breach, which happened in November last year, was over a database of email addresses given by residents, the authority said. Read More …
An Indonesian technician working for Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) was caught trying to leak internal documents related to the Korean supersonic fighter jet KF-21 ‘Boramae.’ While no core technology leaks have been confirmed yet, it is known that the individual Read More …
A former CIA employee was sentenced to 40 years in prison after carrying out the largest data leak in the agency’s history, the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York announced Thursday. Joshua Schulte – who was Read More …
Serbia’s inaction in the face of frequent cyber-attacks on public institutions and private companies is a growing concern, cyber security expert Ivan Markovic has told BIRN, after the online forum he co-founded reported that a server used by the Serbian Read More …
Just because you’re cleared for secrets doesn’t mean you have a “need to know” them. After hundreds of classified documents were leaked earlier this year, the U.S. Air Force is trying to ensure that airmen clear both bars before they Read More …
The insider threat is a multifaceted challenge that represents a significant cybersecurity risk to organizations today. Some are malicious insiders such as employees looking to steal data or sabotage the organization. Some are unintentional insiders such as employees who make Read More …
A trio, consisting of an insurance broker, a programmer, and a Facebook page administrator, has been apprehended for their alleged involvement in a significant data breach operation. They stand accused of compromising and subsequently selling the personal data of over Read More …
The former IT commissioner for the Suffolk County Clerk’s department did not alert county officials that the computer network in the clerk’s office was responding to a “radical malware attack” until eight hours after he was alerted, the Press has Read More …
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against software company SolarWinds Corporation and its chief information security officer (CISO), Timothy G. Brown, for “fraud and internal control failures relating to allegedly known cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities.” In 2020, Read More …
