Corporate Espionage and Countermeasures News
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New year, new efforts, eavesdropping and espionage continue.
Espionage news continues! Here are a few interesting articles worth checking out- Appliances may be listening - Banker concerns - High tech scare in Paris - and Spying cows!
Hidden cameras in the workplace (again, and again)
Hidden cameras in the workplace are a serious concern. Here are a few tips as well as two reports of recent camera incidents in Georgia.
Housekeeper at Israeli Defense Minister’s home was sentenced to 3 years in prison for spying.
A man employed as a cleaner in Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz's home was sentenced to three years' prison for attempting to spy for Iran-linked hackers, the justice ministry said Tuesday.
School administrator planted “spy pen” in a closed meeting.
Another episode of "Thinking of Eavesdropping? -- Don't Do It!" Throughout the TSCM industry, reports of eavesdropping devices being discovered are often found to have been placed by executives or other trusted individuals who feared that they may be fired or passed over for a promotion. They typically want to know what is going on behind the closed doors of a meeting they were not invited to. This case appears to fall into this category.
Lawyer and client sued for eavesdropping.
Another episode of "Thinking of Eavesdropping? Don't Do It!" PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Supreme Court says an invasion of privacy claim shouldn’t have been dismissed in favor of the defendants involving recordings that a wife secretly made to use against her [...]
American Idol winner, Laine Hardy, arrested for eavsdropping.
"How to damage your career in one easy lesson." For those thinking of eavesdropping... best advice: Don't Do It! Country singer Laine Hardy was arrested Friday on a charge of eavesdropping. Hardy, who won Season 17 of “American Idol” in 2019, turned himself in to the Louisiana [...]
Unauthorized cameras planted in tanning area of gym.
If your customers or your employees use a gym, locker room, tanning bed, at your facility, what steps have you taken to ensure that privacy? Tanning salons in Plymouth, Michigan, are finding out the hard way that not taking preventative measures may have severe repercussions.
Spies for the PRC charged with planting cameras and surveillance devices in residence of dissident.
The defendants electronically spied on pro-democracy activists. Posing as an art dealer interested in purchasing the artwork of the dissident artist, they secretly installed surveillance cameras and GPS devices at the dissident’s workplace and in his car which were monitored in the PRC. [Click to read more]
Are tech employees leaving and going to competitors?
Keeping loyalty among employees can be a difficult challenge, but may also be critical to survival of your business as well as stopping leaks, spying, and other forms of corporate espionage. Often requests for our corporate TSCM service come when a well placed employee [...]
Update! Student research, student spying, university sports spying, and more.
Finally - a new update for the Exec Security News. More audio surveillance research from Ben Gurion University. Student caught spying, coach caught spying, and victims catch up with the spy.