Contact Information
Jim Henderson, CISSP, CCISO
Founder / Chairman Of The National Insider Threat Special Interest Group (NITSIG)
Insider Threat Researcher / Speaker
FBI InfraGard Member
[email protected]
www.nationalinsiderthreatsig.org
561-809-6800
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INSIDER THREAT INCIDENTS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2025
Produced By:
National Insider Threat Special Interest Group (NITSIG)
Insider Threat Defense Group (ITDG)
West Palm Beach, Florida, September 30, 2025 — The monthly reports published by National Insider Threat Special Interest Group (NITSIG) provide clear and indisputable evidence of how very costly and damaging Insider Threat incidents can be to organizations of all types and sizes. In some cases companies have also had large layoffs or gone out of business.
Why Do Insider Threat Program (ITP) Managers And Security Professionals Read These Reports?
Many of our readers provide feedback to the NITSIG, on how these monthly reports are very informative and a great educational tool for discussions with the CEO and ITP Working Group Members. Our readers state that these reports are very eye opening, and highlight the severe impacts that can be caused by just 1 employee, and the resulting financial and operational damages to businesses.
Protecting a company’s assets (Facilities, Financial Assets, Employees, Data, Computer Systems – Networks) ) is no longer just a security, IT department, human resources or counterintelligence problem.
Because of the severe impacts that can be caused by JUST 1 MALICIOUS EMPLOYEE, Insider Threats must also be a CEO and board level problem that requires funding for an Insider Risk Management Program and oversight.
It is very apparent from the incidents listed below and on pages 4 to 26 of this report, that organizations should consider re-evaluating their security controls from a holistic approach (Non-Technical, Technical, Fraud Controls) to identify weaknesses and implement additional security controls to identify, detect, prevent and mitigate Insider Risks and Threats. Security goes beyond compliance regulations and requires “Thinking Outside The Box” as the employees did below.
EXAMPLES FROM REPORT / (STP = Sentenced To Prison)
- U.S. Navy Admiral STP For Awarding Contract To Company In Exchange For His Future Employment
- U.S National Guardsman Is Accused Of 3D-Printing Weapons Parts For Al-Qaeda
- U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier STP For Stealing & Selling $10 Million+ Worth of Checks From The Mail
- U.S. Postal Worker STP For Stealing $1.6 Million From U.S. Mail / Used Funds For Lavish Lifestyle, Strip Clubs, Etc.
- U.S. Postal Service Mail Handler STP For Stealing And Selling $149,000+ Worth Of Checks
- U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier Charged For Theft Of Postal Customers’ Prescription Drugs
- U.S. State Department Budget Analyst STP For Embezzling $650,000+ By Issuing 60 Checks Payable To Herself
- Employee For Numerous Defense Contractors STP For Attempted Espionage With Russia
- Department Of State Employee STP For Providing Classified Information To Chinese Government Agents For $10,000 Bribe
- Scale AI Files Lawsuit Aganist Former Employee Who Stole 100+ Confidential Documents / Trade Secrets
- Coinbase Data Breach Costs $400 Million / Caused By Coinbase Contractor That Used Cell Phone To Take Pictures And Sell Data To Hackers
- 2 Executives STP For $1.9 Million Fraudulent Invoicing & Shell Company Scheme / Used Funds For Luxury Vehicles, Credit Card Payments, Etc.
- Medical Center Board Of Trustees Member And Employee Arrested For Submitting $1.2 Million Of Fraudulent Invoices To Hospital
- Bank Chairman Of The Board Pleads Guilty To $13 Million+ Investment Fraud Conspiracy That Led To Bank’s Collapse
- Bank Executive STP For Stealing $2.4 Million / Used Funds For Personal Expenses
- Financial Director For Company Charged For Misappropriating $8.2 Million Over 10 Years To Fund His Personal Business
- 2 District Court Bookkeepers Charged For Stealing $900,000 From Court
- Company Bookkeeper STP For Embezzling $9.8 Million / Used Funds For Gambling
- Company Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing $1.6 Million From Customer Accounts / Used Funds His Wedding, Vacation, Etc.
- Company Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $860,000+ From 2 Different Employers / Used Funds For Personal Expenses
- Employee For Non-Profit STP For Embezzling $2.3 Million+ / Used funds For Remodeling Home, Mortgage, Credit Card & Car Payments
- Company General Manager Admits Embezzling $878,000 From Her Employer / Used Funds To Pay Credit Card Bills
- Insurance Company Claims Adjuster Found Guilty Of Stealing $580,000+ / Used Funds For Designer Clothing, Jewelry, Etc.
- Law Firm Employee STP For Embezzling $2.7 Million+ / Used Funds For Gambling
- And Many More..
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Previous Reports / Specialized Reports
https://nationalinsiderthreatsig.org/nitsig-insiderthreatreportssurveys.html
INSIDER RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (IRMP) EVALUATION & OPTIMIZATION TRAINING COURSE
IRMP Evaluator & Optimization Specialist Certificate / Credential
Offered By: Insider Threat Defense Group
LOCATION / DATES / TIMES (Classroom / Virtual)
University Of Texas El Paso
October 27-28, 2025 (8am To 5pm)
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