Insider Cyber Threats From Outside the Office

Insider threats continue to be pervasive and real. Last month’s indictment of a Russian national accused of conspiring to recruit a U.S. company’s employee to carry out a cyberattack is a sharp reminder of that. According to public reporting, Egor Kriuchkov attempted to coax an employee into introducing malware into the company’s internal network in exchange for a $1 million payout. The malware allegedly would have enabled Kriuchkov and his co-conspirators to access and exfiltrate data, which...
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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