http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/swiss-warning-intelligence-partners-about-massive-data-breach-0011219 By Carlton Purvis securitymanagement.com 12/06/2012 It's a real life version of Office Space except with national security implications. Swiss intelligence is warning the U.S. and Britain that counterterrorism information may have been leaked after a disgruntled employee stole a large amount of sensitive data, Reuters reported Tuesday. Last summer, Swiss authorities arrested a senior IT technician at NDB, Switzerland's intelligence service, who is suspected of stealing the information. The employee was so unhappy with his job in the agency’s IT department that he stopped showing up regularly for work. Sometime around then he stole terabytes of classified material to sell on the black market, authorities say. They haven’t released the man’s name. The eight-year NDB veteran had unrestricted access to all of the agencies networks and “investigators now believe that in the months before his arrest, the data theft suspect displayed warning signs that should have been spotted by his bosses or by security officials,” Reuters reported. [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:25:49 PST
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