NSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Willful Retention of National Defense Information

(DOJ, 1 DEC 2017) Nghia Hoang Pho, 67, of Ellicott City, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to willful retention of national defense information. Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning for the District of Maryland and Special Agent in Charge Gordon B. Johnson of the FBI’s Baltimore […]

Defense Contractor Kevin Mallory arrested for spying for China

Mallory’s home in Leesburg, VA gets surrounded by agents. Records show he paid $1,156,000 for the home in 2005. Virginia Man Arrested and Charged With Espionage (DOJ) Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, of Leesburg, Virginia, made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges that he transmitted Top Secret and Secret documents to an agent […]

Hizballah Spies Caught Operating in the US

Here’s a list of some of the operations these spies conducted: searching for weapons suppliers in the U.S. who could provide firearms to support IJO (Hizballah’s foreign intelligence service) operations identifying individuals affiliated with the Israeli Defense Force gathering information regarding operations and security at airports in the U.S. and elsewhere surveilling U.S. military and […]

What kind of security awareness program do you have?

SANS has just issued their 2017 Security Awareness Report. In it, they identified five levels of security awareness programs in organizations. Which level is your organization at? Non-Existent: A program doesn’t exist. Employees have no idea that they are a target, that their actions have a direct impact to the security of the organization, don’t know […]

Hackers Hide Cyberattacks in Social Media Posts

(New York Times) . . . While corporations and government agencies around the world are training their staff to think twice before opening anything sent by email, hackers have already moved on to a new kind of attack, targeting social media accounts, where people are more likely to be trusting. Pentagon officials are increasingly worried that […]

Ray Semko at Impact 2017 Conference

Ray Semko, The D*I*C*E Man, will be giving the rousing, closing DICE security awareness presentation called, “Making Security Great Again” at this year’s IMPACT 2017 Conference sponsored by the National Security Institute. The conference will take place at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, VA from Monday, April 24 to Wednesday, April 26. There’s a great […]

Harold “The Hoarder” Martin Indicted

Update on the NSA contractor who hoarded classified info for the past 20 YEARS. Can you imagine this as an episode on A&E’s Hoarders?? Government Contractor Facing Federal Indictment for Willful Retention of National Defense Information (DOJ) A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Harold Thomas Martin III, 52, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, with […]

How Did This Happen?

The media and others continue to be bewildered and still don’t get it. Here are a few clues to help them out: by Paul Genova I’m noticing that a lot of you aren’t graciously accepting the fact that your candidate lost. In fact you seem to be posting even more hateful things about those of us […]

FBI Employee Joey Chun Sentenced to Years for Acting as an Agent of China

Kun Shan Chun, Joey Chun

Update on Joey Chun case.  (FBI) Former FBI Employee Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 24 Months In Prison For Acting As An Agent Of China Kun Shan Chun, a/k/a “Joey Chun,” Provided Sensitive FBI Information to the Chinese Government  Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mary B. McCord, […]

Management lessons from the espionage of Ana Montes

Ana Montes

(CSO) As companies shop for expensive IT security software packages, hire information assurance specialists, or enter into contracts with IT security firms to provide up-to-date cyber threat intelligence, they should not overlook the threats posed to company data from traditional espionage tradecraft. Not even the most robust computer security measures or the latest behavioral analytic/machine […]

FBI Employee Pleads Guilty to Acting in the US as an Agent of the Chinese Government

Kun Shan Chun, Joey Chun

(DOJ)  Defendant Collected and Caused Sensitive FBI Information to be Provided to the Chinese Government Kun Shan Chun, a native of the People’s Republic of China and a naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with acting in the United States as an agent of China without providing prior notice […]

The man who seduced the 7th Fleet

In perhaps the worst national-security breach of its kind to hit the Navy since the end of the Cold War, Leonard Glen Francis doled out sex and money to a shocking number of people in uniform who fed him classified material about U.S. warship and submarine movements. Some also leaked him confidential contracting information and even […]