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INSIDER THREAT INCIDENTS REPORT FOR JANUARY 2025 / INSIDER THREAT SYMPOSIUM & EXPO

INSIDER THREAT INCIDENTS REPORT FOR JANUARY 2025
PRODUCED MONTHLY BY:
National Insider Threat Special Interest Group (NITSIG)
Insider Threat Defense Group

The severe damages caused by malicious employees can happen in an organization, from big to small, from U.S. Government to private sector businesses. The malicious actions by employees cover a wide range as reflected in the examples below.

Trusted employees gone bad are continuing to cause severe damages and financial impacts (MILLIONS TO BILLIONS) to organizations of all types and sizes. Companies have also had large layoffs or gone out of business because of the malicious actions of employees.

The incidents listed below and on pages 4 to 20 of this report, provide EYE OPENING EXAMPLES of why having an Insider Risk Management (IRM) Program is critical to any organization. The cost of developing, implementing and managing a program is very little compared to the financial impacts referenced below.

EXAMPLES FROM REPORT (STP = Sentenced To Prison)

  • CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty To Posting Classified Top Secret Information On Social Media Platforms
  • FBI Employee STP For $37,000+ COVID Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
  • Defense Contractor Executive Pleads Guilty To Bribing Naval Information Warfare Center Employee For $100 Million in Government Contracts
  • 2 Former FirstEnergy Executives Charged In $60 Million Bribery, Money Laundering, Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Ohio House Speaker
  • Senior Partner For Global Management Consulting Firm Pleads Guilty To Destroying Records Related To DOJ Investigation / Firm To Pay $650,000 Million Penalty
  • Hospital CEO STP For Role In Taking Kickbacks For Illegal Payments To Physicians For Laboratory Referrals / Must Pay $5 Million Penalty
  • Hospital Administrator STP For $250,000+ Identity Theft Scheme / Used Fake Identity For 30 Years
  • Amtrak Employee Admits Participating In $11 Million Health Care Fraud / Kickback Scheme
  • Assistant Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty Defrauding Company Of $8.5 Million Through False Invoicing Scheme That Benefited His Business
  • Shipyard Contractor Must Pay $1 Million+ To Settle False Claims Involving Billing The U.S. Coast Guard For Employees Ineligible To Work In The U.S
  • Warehouse Supervisor STP Stealing $2 Million Worth of Fitbits From Amazon And Selling Them On eBay
  • Company Accountant STP For Stealing $3.3 Million Over Span Of 20 Years
  • Bookkeeper Working For 3 Companies Charged With Embezzling At Least $2.5 Million
  • Credit Union Teller Charged For Role With Brother Of Robbing The Credit Union He Worked At Of $197,000+
  • Banking Executive Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $4.2 Million From Customers Over 12 Years To Pay For Luxury Lifestyle
  • Company Office Manager STP For Embezzling $1 Million+ / Used Funds To Pay Bills, Purchase House, Cars, Etc.
  • New York City Housing Authority Superintendent STP To Prison For Accepting $300,000+ In Bribes / 70 Other NYCHA Employees Charged
  • City Official Charged For Embezzling $55,000+ And Using Funds To Pay 153 Pounds Of Bourbon Steak Tips, Music Studio Recording & Toyota Prius
    And Many More……………………..

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INSIDER THREAT SYMPOSIUM & EXPO (ITS&E) / EXPERT GUIDANCE FOR INSIDER RISK MANAGEMENT (IRM) PROGRAMS
March 4, 2025 At Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) (Laurel, Maryland)
Produced By: NITSIG

If you are looking for expert guidance from IRM Program Experts, the ITS&E is an event you don’t want to miss.

SPEAKERS

  • Larry Knutsen / Retired CIA Insider Threat Program Manager
  • Shawn Thompson / IRM Program Legal Expert (Former DoD Senior Litigation Attorney, FBI Assistant General Counsel)
  • Todd Masse & Bill Smith / JHU- APL IRM Program
  • Kevin Burton / Vice President, IRM Lead At Synchrony Financial
  • Frank Greitzer, PhD / Chief Behavioral Scientist For Cogility Software
  • Cyber Security & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
  • Navy Insider Threat Program / Deidra Bass- Director
  • Department Of Defense Insider Threat Management Analysis Center (DITMAC)
  • Zak Lewis / EchoMark Insider Threat Leak Detection Tool.

More Information / Expert Speakers Overview / Registration
https://www.insiderthreatsymposium.org/

Pricing (Includes Continental Breakfast & Lunch)
$69

Please contact me with any questions you may have about the reports or the ITS&E .

My # 561-809-6800.

Jim Henderson, CISSP, CCISO
Founder / Chairman Of The National Insider Threat Special Interest Group
Founder / Director Of Insider Threat Symposium & Expo
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