Do you need yet another reminder of the insider threat? Today’s example is from Brazil and involves an employee of a bank’s software vendor. CoinTelegraph reports: C&M Software, the service provider that connects Brazil’s Central Bank to local banks and other financial institutions, was hacked on Wednesday, leading to 800 million Brazilian reais ($140 million),…
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50 Customers of French Bank Hit by Insider SIM Swap Scam
Eric Priezkalns reports: A business student who was interning at Société Générale, a leading multinational bank headquartered in France, is believed to have fed information to SIM swappers who stole from 50 customers of the bank, reports Le Parisien. The intern’s arrest prompted officers from France’s fraud police (La Brigade des Fraudes aux Moyens de Paiement,…
Disgruntled IT Worker Jailed for Cyber Attack, Huddersfield
The West Yorkshire Police provide today’s reminder of the insider threat and the need to terminate access and credentials before you terminate an employee’s employment: A disgruntled IT worker who launched a cyber attack on his employer after he was suspended from work has been jailed. Mohammed Umar Taj began to take revenge on his…
Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records
Today’s reminder of the insider threat comes to us from Battlefords Union Hospitals in Canada. Battlefords Now reports that between October 1, 2024 and April 4, 2025, an operating room scheduler accessed the MedAccess EHR system to look at personal and primary care medical information for hundreds of patients without a legitimate purpose. That same…
Ex-student charged with wave of cyber attacks on Sydney uni
Adam Vidler reports: A former student has been charged over a series of cyber attacks on a Sydney university that affected hundreds of staff and students. Since 2021, Western Sydney University had suffered a series of cyber hacks involving unauthorised access, data exfiltration, system compromise and misuse of university infrastructure – including threatening the sale of student…
Former JBLM soldier pleads guilty to attempting to share military secrets with China
A former U.S. Army Sergeant whose last duty post was Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in western Washington pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two federal felonies, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, pleaded guilty to attempt to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information. He faces up…