- Nov 3, 2019
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By Eduard Kovacs on November 06, 2019
Trend Micro on Tuesday disclosed an insider threat incident that involved an employee selling the personal information of roughly 100,000 customers to tech support scammers.
Trend Micro learned in early August that some customers of its home security product had been getting scam calls from individuals claiming to represent Trend Micro support. An investigation was launched immediately and, in late October, the company concluded that an insider was involved.
“Our open investigation has confirmed that this was not an external hack, but rather the work of a malicious internal source that engaged in a premeditated infiltration scheme to bypass our sophisticated controls,” Trend Micro said.
Trend Micro on Tuesday disclosed an insider threat incident that involved an employee selling the personal information of roughly 100,000 customers to tech support scammers.
Trend Micro learned in early August that some customers of its home security product had been getting scam calls from individuals claiming to represent Trend Micro support. An investigation was launched immediately and, in late October, the company concluded that an insider was involved.
“Our open investigation has confirmed that this was not an external hack, but rather the work of a malicious internal source that engaged in a premeditated infiltration scheme to bypass our sophisticated controls,” Trend Micro said.