Corporate Espionage and Countermeasures News
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Is your thermos leaking? Hong Kong University, concerned about bugging, takes on a tea drinker.
Are you concerned about information security at your meetings? Hong Kong University is taking it seriously, asking all attendees to hand in their cell phones and watching what else they may have brought in very carefully. Concerned about a possible bug, a man was asked to pour [...]
What does a hidden camera cost? Maybe $75 million.
Hidden cameras are reported frequently. Should a business or organization be concerned? Yes! The lawsuits that can result from discovery of such devices can be in the millions. Celebrities, CEO's, other high profile individuals could be victims of electronic stalkers. From hotel rooms to corporate offices, let [...]
Netherlands: Security Service caught spying on lawyers 13 times.
from NL Times Intelligence and security service AIVD unjustly spied on communications between lawyers and clients 13 times between February 2014 and March 2015, according to the annual report by the CTIVD, the committee responsible for supervising the Dutch intelligence and security services, RTL Nieuws reports. [...]
UK: Peers cannot move to Foreign Office because of expensive bugging equipment
from The Telegraph Foreign and Commonwealth Office looks set to be ruled out as temporary home for peers while Houses of Parliament are repaired Expensive bugging equipment fitted inside the Foreign Office could prevent peers from being relocated there while parliament is refurbished. The Foreign [...]
SA: Accusations of Espionage and Sabotage in Tobacco Industry
JOHANNESBURG - Small manufacturers in the tobacco industry have taken on big business, accusing multi-national cigarette companies of corporate espionage and sabotage, and claiming to have the evidence to prove it. The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) says its lawyers have made contact with [...]
More cameras with audio… Employees at Massachusetts company face felony wiretapping charges
BOSTON -- Three employees at Wyman-Gordon company in Grafton, Massachusetts, are facing felony wiretapping charges for setting up a hidden camera with audio to record their coworker inside their workplace, reports CBS Boston. As the investigative team at CBS Boston first reported in November, the [...]
Late Broward Hospital CEO feared his office was bugged
A private investigator claims Nabil El Sanadi, MD, the late president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health who killed himself Jan. 24, hired him last spring for an investigation into the public system that led to FBI involvement, according to a Sun Sentinel [...]
MA: Cell phone smuggled into grand jury murder investigation
A woman's cell phone was slipped into the pocket of a witness in a grand jury murder investigation, recording the proceedings. During a pre-testimony interview, a female witness found out there was a cell phone in her jacket pocket that had been set to record. [...]
More cameras with audio: Hidden camera in county break room concerns employees
Posting a sign may not be enough- especially if you are recording audio. This judge thought it was ok to record people because "...she got a tip that officials were discussing county business in the break room" and she believed those conversations should be public. Do [...]
IoT threats- what about your copy machine?
Be careful what you click on- emails from your fax or copy machine coming through? could be dangerous. If you have printed or faxed documents coming via email, be sure you know what YOUR machine headers should look like. Same is true for voicemail. Most phone [...]