Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
Ex-Mountie intelligence official sentenced to 14 years for breaking Canada’s secrets law
A judge Wednesday sentenced a former senior intelligence official in Canada’s national police force to 14 years in prison for breaching the country’s secrets law. Cameron Ortis led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Operations Research group, which assembles classified information on cybercriminals, terror cells and transnational criminal networks. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger said…
Read MoreEx-CIA hacker who leaked secrets to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years
A man convicted of carrying out one of the most damaging data breaches in the CIA’s history — the public disclosure of secret hacking tools — was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison Thursday, prosecutors said. Former CIA officer Joshua Adam Schulte, 35, was convicted of the so-called Vault 7 leak, and also of…
Read MoreCarroll County firefighter arrested, charged with setting fires
Authorities arrested a volunteer Carroll County firefighter in connection with a string of fires over the last year in Eldersburg and Liberty Reservoir areas. Allison Nicole Creutzer, 20, of Eldersburg, was charged with intentionally setting fire to grass, brush and woodland, three counts of second-degree malicious burning and one misdemeanor count of calling in a…
Read MoreEdmonton City Hall shooting suspect was a security guard, released manifestos
A man who worked as a security guard is facing several firearms and arson charges after shots were fired and a Molotov cocktail exploded inside Edmonton City Hall Tuesday morning. Charges have been filed in court against a 28-year-old man named Bezhani Sarvar. Sarvar is charged with reckless arson in an occupied property, possessing incendiary…
Read MoreFire cadet arrested for writing arson ‘hit list’, Fremont County court documents allege
A Shenandoah Fire Department fire cadet is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly making a “hit list” of potential arson victims. Fremont County court documents claim 18-year-old Kaelyn Surrel had a hit list that included fellow Sidney Community School District students, district employees and other “people she had bad encounters with”. Surrel faces seven felony…
Read MoreSchool security officer made, sold explosives with teenage student
A California school security officer has admitted to making explosive devices with a student and selling them on social media, according to federal prosecutors. On Monday, Angelo Jackson Mendiver pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in manufacturing and dealing in explosive materials and mailing explosive devices, as well as to making false statements to FBI…
Read More15 Air National Guardsmen disciplined in Discord server leak
The Air Force has taken action against 15 members of Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira’s chain of command for their roles in a security breakdown that enabled the 21-year-old National Guardsman to remove classified information from his office and post it online. While the service maintains that Teixeira acted alone, the Air Force’s investigation turned…
Read MoreFormer Colombian military officer accused in base bombing extradited to Florida
A former Colombian military officer accused of injuring dozens, including three U.S. soldiers, in a bombing attack at a Colombian military base has been extradited to South Florida. A five-count indictment against Andres Fernando Medina Rodriguez, 39, was unsealed Friday in Miami federal court, according to court records. A federal grand jury brought charges last…
Read MoreFormer career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
A former career American diplomat was charged with serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service. Manuel Rocha wept as he sat handcuffed in Miami federal court on charges that he…
Read MoreEx-GCHQ man jailed for life after stabbing US security worker
A former UK intelligence worker has been jailed for stabbing a US government employee. Joshua Bowles, from Cheltenham, attacked the woman in a leisure centre car park, three miles from GCHQ’s base, in March. He pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assaulting a second person, causing actual bodily harm. The 29-year-old was handed a life…
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