FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INSIDER THREAT INCIDENTS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2026
Produced By:
National Insider Threat Special Interest Group (NITSIG)
Insider Threat Defense Group (ITDG)
Contact Information
Jim Henderson, CISSP, CCISO
Founder / Chairman Of The NITSIG
Insider Threat Researcher / Speaker
FBI InfraGard Member
CEO ITDG
[email protected]
www.nationalinsiderthreatsig.org
561-809-6800
West Palm Beach, Florida, March 2, 2026 – The monthly reports published by the NITSIG and ITDG provide clear and indisputable evidence of how very costly and damaging Insider Threat incidents can be to organizations of all types and sizes.
Can your business survive the severe impacts caused by JUST 1 MALICIOUS EMPLOYEE?
The Cyber Security and Insider Threat landscape is rapidly converging from the growing threats of Shadow AI, Lack Of AI Governance, Data Theft, Financial Embezzlement, Hacker Recruitment Of Employees With Financial Incentives and more. This report provides eye open examples of just how damaging the impacts can be from JUST 1 EMPLOYEE.
An Insider Risk Management Program (IRMP) will clearly provide an organization with a Return On Investment, that goes beyond the relatively small cost of implementing a program vs. the severe financial impacts from an Insider Threat Incident.
To gain additional support for your IRMP, share these monthly reports with the CEO and other key stakeholders, as they provide the justification, return on investment and the funding that is needed for a program.
Senior leadership in businesses most grasp the fact, that the Insider Threat problem is not just a technical problem. The Insider Threat problem cannot be fixed with artificial intelligence or a software update that will patch and repair human emotions, employee disgruntlement, negligence, personal grievances, deep seated anger, desire for revenge, opportunist motives and more. All of these are many of the core reasons trusted employees turn malicious against their employers.
This months report paints a dark picture of what employees do when they are disgruntled, have opportunist motives, are under financial pressure, have gambling problems, are trying to lifestyle beyond their means or have other motivations to commit crimes such as the ones referenced in this report.
EXAMPLES FROM REPORT / (STP = Sentenced To Prison)
- Research Survey Of 500+ IT College Students Finds 60% Said They Would Leak Information In Exchange For Kickbacks
- U.S. Army Colonel STP For Sending Text Message Of Classified Military Strike Plans To Woman He Met Online
- U.S. Military Contractor Working In Germany STP For Offering China Sensitive Information
- Department Of Defense Employee Charged For Moonlighting As Money Mule & Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Overseas Scammers
- 2 U.S Postal Service Employee Charged For Roles In $63 Million Stolen Check Scheme
- Social Security Administration Employee STP For Role In Embezzling $3 Million+ Using Fraudulent Benefits Applications
- General Services Administration Contracting Officer Pleads Guilty To Receiving $100,000+ In Bribes & Sports Car For Awarding Contracts
- DOJ Contractor Pleads Guilty To Ordering Cell Phones Valued At $1.3 Million & Re-Selling Them
- DC Government Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing And Selling $30,000 Of Government Laptops
- Medical Diagnostics Company Sales Director STP For Role In $70 Million Medicare Fraud & Kickback Scheme
- Employee STP For Embezzling $8.5 Million+ From Employer / Used Funds To Purchase Porsche & Home
- Florida State Employee & 5 Others Arrested For $1.7 Million Property Damage Fraud Scheme
- Senior Manager For Large Retailer STP For $1.9 Embezzling Using Fraudulent Invoices & Shell Companies
- TD Bank Employee Pleads Guilty To Accepting $6,000+ In Bribes For $5.5 Million Money Laundering Scheme To Colombia
- Bank Employee Found Guilty Of Targeting 100+ Elderly Victims And Stealing $2 Million In Identity Theft & Fraud Scheme
- Information Technology Manager STP For Embezzling $950,000+ From Employer
- Employee STP For Embezzling $1 Million+ From Employer For Gambling Addiction
- 3 Silicon Valley Engineers Working For Google & Other Tech Companies Charged For Theft Of Trade Secrets
- Prosecutors Charge Former Samsung Electronics Employee For Leaking Confidential Information & Receiving $1 Million
- Google Engineer Found Guilty Of Economic Espionage & Theft Of AI Technology For China / Uploaded 2,000 Pages Of Trade Secrets To Personal Cloud Account
- And Many More…
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https://nationalinsiderthreatsig.org/pdfs/insider-threat-threats-incidents-report-disgruntled-malicious-employees%202-28-26.pdf
Previous Reports / Specialized Reports
https://nationalinsiderthreatsig.org/nitsig-insiderthreatreportssurveys.html
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These training courses will provide the advanced knowledge that is required for developing, managing, evaluating an optimizing an IRMP from A-Z, conducting investigations and conducting a comprehensive Insider Risk / Threat Vulnerability Assessment.
These training courses will provide students with the critical thinking skills and in-depth knowledge that is needed for collecting, correlating and analyzing various employee data sources to generate accurate employee risk and threat profiles to identify potential or actual Insider Threats, using proven analytic principles and methodologies.
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