Earlier this week an indictment was unsealed that revealed details about how AT&T employees were bribed to install malware and unlock phones in multiple incidents over a five-year period. You can read more details at Forbes. The big takeaway from this is a reminder that your company’s cybersecurity relies on your people. If they’re not on board with protecting your data, you are at risk. In this case, employees were bribed with large amounts of money to install malware that gave hackers access to AT&T’s system and employee passwords, etc. We may never know if AT&T could have prevented this, but in a large company with a lot of employees, it seems unlikely. That doesn’t mean that small to medium sized businesses don’t face this risk as well. The fact of the matter is that you need employees you can trust. Not only that–they need to be educated on best practices to avoid unwittingly assisting hackers via phishing and social engineering.
Privacy and Data Security