Recently a company was hacked after it hired an IT contractor unknown to be a cyber criminal which is now a new hacking tactic by cyber criminals.
The cyber criminal posing as an IT contractor was hired for a fixed-term contract by the firm, and within days of starting work, the criminal "accessed and exfiltrated company data", according to the director of threat intelligence at Secureworks.
When the employment contract was finished, the criminal used the hacked data to demand a hefty ransom in return for not publishing it. This is a new tactic for cyber criminals trying to sneak its workers into other countries like the UK. With the insider threat reporting templates you can learn more on how to protect your organization. Contact Us today to help your organization implement Data Loss Prevention.
