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Another insider threat case study: extradition & indictment of guy who made millions bribing AT&T employees to release phones from contracts and to install malware enabling same. He was able to recruit multiple employees, even after some were caught:
— Bobby Chesney (@BobbyChesney) August 6, 2019
https://t.co/cGVhIeKhzs
Every major company has tons of underpaid employees with unfettered access to critical intel. Same with the government. Security is a pipe dream if the economics and business case for it do not align and many of y’all are playin yourselves thinking otherwise https://t.co/Db4ruPmQKZ
— AdVaNcEdPeRsIStEnTtReAt ? (@theTorfinnOlsen) August 6, 2019
If AT&T employees were willing to do this for bribes, it makes you wonder what else they might have done. https://t.co/oZpJ5WDwnp
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) August 6, 2019
While we rightfully worry about hacking, we need also to be aware about insider threats in the tech world. https://t.co/IqFKTrvb4c via @ZDNet & @campuscodi
— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) August 6, 2019
Leader of conspiracy to illegally unlock cell phones for profit extradited from Hong Kong -- Allegedly bribed workers at AT&T’s Bothell, WA Customer Service Center to plant malware and illegally unlock cell phones https://t.co/UX0v0twWRf
— WDWAnews (@WDWAnews) August 5, 2019
Do you have "criminals bribe some of your employees into putting malware in your stuff" in your threat model? https://t.co/7oLSU5O5SI
— Ted (@TedOnPrivacy) August 6, 2019
I don’t know that anyone is surprised @ATT allowed this to happen. https://t.co/RKKyCZCWmp
— Robert Stephens (@rstephens) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network as part of a massive phone unlocking scheme
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) August 6, 2019
-bribes went over $1 million
-one employee made $428K
-crooks unlocked over 2m devices
-employees also planted rogue WiFi APs on AT&T networkhttps://t.co/57qInZv1H8 pic.twitter.com/DFzbMXsoBc
wat dis?
— K. Louise Neufeld (@ninaandtito) August 6, 2019
Leader of Conspiracy to Illegally Unlock Cell Phones for Profit Extradited from Hong Kong
Bribed Workers at AT&T’s Bothell Customer Service Center to Plant Malware and Illegally Unlock Cell Phoneshttps://t.co/QBwUTgDKY7
Leader of Conspiracy to Illegally Unlock Cell Phones for Profit Extradited from Hong Kong
— Karol Cummins (@karolcummins) August 6, 2019
Bribed Workers at AT&T’s Bothell Customer Service Center to Plant Malware and Illegally Unlock Cell Phones https://t.co/VeTNIvi2kE
Leader of Conspiracy to Illegally Unlock Cell Phones for Profit Extradited from Hong Kong | USAO-WDWA | Department of Justice https://t.co/Y05sDvRhcC
— Ice Princess (Kelly) (@zaptrapped) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took over $1 million in bribes to plant malware and unlock millions of smartphones: DOJ https://t.co/aGJMFSASS1 #Infosec #Privacy
— Reg Saddler (@zaibatsu) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took over $1 million in bribes to plant malware and unlock millions of smartphones https://t.co/V9fO5KYRg1 pic.twitter.com/t3HatKokHt
— Xeni (@xeni) August 6, 2019
Report: DOJ charges Pakistani man with bribing AT&T employees more than $1 million to install malware on the company's network, unlock more than 2 million devices. https://t.co/5fTSf326zH pic.twitter.com/q67BpT5YyW
— Stephen Gillett (@stephengillett) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network for #pakistan. #Awan connections? Dig. https://t.co/UjYDseaIG4 pic.twitter.com/enkS3HtuSG
— SolAdentro™ (@SolAdentro) August 6, 2019
I was always curious about how my iPhone could be unlocked, bypassing Apple and my carrier.
— Jason Cipriani (@MrCippy) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network https://t.co/lfE5YfaAgU via @ZDNet & @campuscodi
https://t.co/Dr79I61qAi 従業員を買収してマルウェアを設置させる作戦、MR.ROBOT の Allsafe でもありましたよね
— Neutral8✗9eR (@0x009AD6_810) August 6, 2019
USA: DOJ charges Pakistani man with bribing AT&T employees more than $1 million to install malware on the company's networkhttps://t.co/EcH8O0VIeQ
— Times of Ahmad (@AhmadiyyaTimes) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network | ZDNet https://t.co/tmJUlBkzNO Yikes. ??♀️
— Audrey Renée (@BentleyAudrey) August 6, 2019
An adversary has asked an employee in your customer service organization to install remote access software. They are compensated afterward.https://t.co/wT0nzdFNlJ
— Tabletop Scenarios (@badthingsdaily) August 6, 2019
This has rightly been circulating on Twitter today but in case you've not caught it ...AT&T employees took bribes to unlock millions of smartphones, and install #malware and unauthorized hardware on the company's network, according to the DOJ. #infosechttps://t.co/IhGtX9ofQQ
— World Ethical Data Forum (@WEDFglobal) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network.
— Fabrizio Bustamante (@Fabriziobustama) August 6, 2019
By @ZDNet https://t.co/f4eMKzqGfU#Cybersecurity #Malware #CyberAttack #infosec
Cc: @rtehrani @archonsec @techpearce2 @AghiathChbib @sarbjeetjohal @JBarbosaPR @DrJDrooghaag @cybersecboardrm @missdkingsbury pic.twitter.com/DcH6tITkKo
DOJ charges Pakistani man with bribing AT&T employees more than $1 million to install malware on the company's network, unlock more than 2 million devices.https://t.co/fUzfTsUdmG
— ᴉpᴉǝH ?? (@summer__heidi) August 6, 2019
I used to work with this ATT Mobility HQ office weekly. I wonder if Imran knows these guys. Very similar hack in India of commercial mobile phones turned out to be funded by Pak ISI. AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company networkhttps://t.co/Yryv17G9pb pic.twitter.com/HpVmVnTN4n
— TruthLeaks (@GeorgWebb) August 7, 2019
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network | ZDNet https://t.co/Nbg6q6sLfk
— Ann Johnson (@ajohnsocyber) August 6, 2019
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network. DOJ charges Pakistani man with bribing AT&T employees more than $1 million to install malware on the company's network, unlock more than 2 million devices. https://t.co/2dPjlOsOgN
— D.K.R. Boyd (@ReflectingMan) August 7, 2019
U.S. DOJ charges Pakistani man with bribing AT&T employees more than $1 million to install malware on the company's network, unlock more than 2 million devices (Aug 6) https://t.co/Vcdys4oz7I Indictment (2.1MB .pdf) https://t.co/USP7nbQlu6 /c @Elsine_van_Os @_cryptome_ @thegrugq
— Matthijs R. Koot (@mrkoot) August 7, 2019
"The bribery scheme lasted from at least April 2012 until September 2017."
— Paul Dokas (@pauldokas) August 7, 2019
Five years of dwell time is pretty good. https://t.co/BMmRSJWSeX
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company's network | ZDNet https://t.co/8WLGg4TeY8
— Harry the Greek (@thaaak) August 7, 2019
what ethnicity do you think the AT&T employees were who accepted bribes from muhammad fahd and ghulam jiwani to install malware on AT&T internal systems for seven years? https://t.co/lb70G3OV2u
— 9.937 × 10⁻¹ m (@undulum_) August 7, 2019