Corporate Espionage and Countermeasures News
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Credit Card-Reading Spy Camera Found in the NYC Subway
Hidden cameras abound. Knowing how to spot them can help protect you against credit card skimming. Skimming involves attaching a device to a card reader that can copy your card data- but the bad guys also need your pin number. That is where the cameras [...]
Hidden camera updates: Tampa, FL company; Ft. Meyers, FL rental home; Fredericton YMCA, New Brunswick, CA
It's worth paying attention to even the small incidents of attempted spying. Eavesdropping equipment is cheap and easily obtained. News reports are of the few who get caught, but there are many more that go undetected. Contact us if you have concerns for your place [...]
Confidential Hedge Fund Information Obtained through Eavesdropping
Eavesdropping doesn't need to be high tech. Employees, spouses, and family members have a duty to protect and safeguard confidential information. Two Men Caught Trading on Confidential Information Gained Through Eavesdropping New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A man is being charged with violating a duty [...]
Gadget alert: Compact audio amplifier to use as sound source for sweeps.
Gadget alert summary: inexpensive audio amp with built in micro SD mp3 player, works well as sound source for sweeps. I'm always trying to make improvements to our sweep techniques and to find ways make our operations more efficient. Finding a compact but strong sound [...]
Illinois Eavesdropping Law Voided
Audio recordings are an easy thing to accomplish, almost everyone's phone today has recording capability. It's very important to understand your state's eavesdropping laws if you ever consider recording phone calls or recording any conversation for that matter, even if the conversation takes place in public. [...]
Counterespionage for facilities
Here is a link to an article by my friend and colleague Kevin Murray offering a some tips and an introduction to espionage countermeasures for building and facility managers. When the serious possibility of espionage arises, building managers and even security managers may not know [...]
Wiretap Lawsuit Settlement Finalized- AT&T pays $1.5 mil
Illegal wiretapping and eavesdropping can result in large law suits and penalties. Corporations should not take such activity lightly. Even if it was not done by anyone in an official position- perhaps just a disgruntled employee, and even if no critical trade information was lost- [...]
New presidential limo in the works.
Detroit News, March 11, 2014 Washington— The Department of Homeland Security plans to award a contract for the design of the next-generation presidential limousine by late August, to be ready by the time the next president takes office in 2017. According to a contract proposal [...]
Japan vows to fight industrial espionage
Several media outlets said police had arrested a former engineer at a Toshiba affiliate on suspicion of improperly providing technical data to South Korea's SK Hynix Inc. Media reports of espionage can cause severe financial damage on their own: Toshiba's shares fell 0.9 percent on [...]
Hidden camera footage surfaces of Supreme Court debate
Here is an example of what could happen if covert audio or video eavesdropping took place in any corporate meeting. Our concern is not as much about what was said as it is about the backlash from having any type of embarrassing situation displayed publicly, [...]