A Yandex employee has been caught selling 4887 customer email inboxes. 📫
The company has responded to the incident with an internal investigation and changes to administrative procedures. 🔎
The insider threat has always been considered by CISO's as the higher threat. This case is one more call to action on that front. 💆
The article, by Ravie Lakshmanan for The Hacker News also reveals other recent cases of insiders compromising data or committing fraud, at ADT, Webex, Amazon, and Trend Micro. 🤓 A proof that even companies with a high reputation, strong security policies, and best HR practices, can fall victims to insider threats. 💣
Do administrators in your organization have access to customer data? 🔐
What measures can be taken to protect against the insider threat? 🤔
Links:
Ravie Lakshmanan article: https://www.notion.so/210218-Again-the-Insider-Threats-fa21ca0c765044b3bdf2c2c6da45fab3#478a04a5365c4a8aaf055bf1a45ce085
LinkedIn post and comments: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/juanjomartinezpagan_cybersecurity-informationsecurity-insiderthreats-activity-6768076178411548672-K5_k