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22 Aug 2005
We talk a
lot about evil hackers breaking into databases but all the evidence shows the
bigger risk is the inside job, as AOL has shown.
Here is a
guy who sold out his employer for cash and the problems only going to get
worse. People are greedy and there will always be the temptation to sell out
your employer for cash, particularly if you're a grievance.
I'm not too
worried about this case, it was only spamming. But my biggest fear is there's a
programmer in a major software house putting little chunks of spyware in common
applications. If that happens we're all in deep, deep trouble.
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<p>Another prime example of the insider threat being alive and well and what it could cost an organization...</p>
Posted by: Carl Davis 06 Sep 2005