5 Data Security Challenges Enterprises Face Today Data has become the lifeblood of the enterprise, providing competitive differentiation, customer insights and product ideas. With the plummeting costs of storage, sensors and compute, the typical organization is eagerly accumulating more and… Read More
Insider Threat Blog
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Former GSK Scientist’s Sentence Upheld
By: Aaron Kim, ITMG Insider Threat Analyst A federal appeals court has ruled that the former GSK scientist, who has admitted to stealing data regarding GSKs potential cancer drugs did not intend to cause the company a financial loss. A… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News August 4, 2022
Spanish Police Arrest Alleged Radioactive Monitoring Hackers Police in Spain have arrested two people on suspicion of hacking the country’s Radioactivity Alert Network (RAR). The RAR, operated by Spain’s General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies, is a network of… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – August 4, 2022
XFL Trade Secrets Lawsuit Filed Against WWE, Vince McMahon, The Rock, and More A previous lawsuit regarding Vince McMahon and the XFL was reportedly settled, but now a new lawsuit has been filed regarding the XFL (via PWInsider), and it… Read More
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9 Charged in Insider Trading Cases
By: Aaron Kim, ITMG Insider Threat Analyst A former U.S. congressman, technology company executives and an investment banker are among nine people charged in four separate and unrelated insider trading schemes. It was one of the most significant attacks by… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News – July 26, 2022
Experts Discuss How to Protect Top-Secret Information from Insider Risks There are four critical issues that impact insider risk management today, said Shaw: pandemic-related stressors, social identity stress, the rise of conspiracy theories, and new policies and practices that monitor… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 26, 2022
Merely Receiving Confidential Information Isn’t Enough: Georgia Court Dismisses Tortious Interference with Contract Claim in Trade Secret Case In HI Technology, Georgia District Court Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. held that a former employer’s complaint did not sufficiently allege—as a… Read More
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Veeva Beats Trade Secret Lawsuit by Medidata
By: Aaron Kim, ITMG Insider Threat Analyst The U.S District Court has thrown out a lawsuit by pharmaceutical software company Medidata Solution that alleged Veeva Systems stole trade secrets worth “hundreds of millions of dollars”, according to the company’s representative…. Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 21, 2022
IQE Sues Tower Semiconductor Over Trade Secret Allegations Semiconductor wafer and materials supplier IQE has filed a lawsuit against Tower Semiconductor, it announced on Monday. The AIM-traded firm claimed it had “significant evidence” that Tower misappropriated its trade secrets “to… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News – July 21, 2022
Treating Healthcare’s Insider Threat According to reports from last week coming out of DataBreaches.net, Phoenixville Hospital in Pennsylvania and Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Wyoming both experienced incidents of employees accessing patient data that they were unauthorized to view. In… Read More