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Re:Rise of Darknet Stokes Fear of the Insider by ocschwar on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:31AM (#11961124)
Seems overly paranoid. The only people who can gain from the leakage of proprietary data from their competitors also have a lot to lose if they make use of such data and get caught at it.
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Re:Rise of Darknet Stokes Fear of the Insider by jmcgough on Thursday June 23, 2016 @03:22PM (#11963689)
This is almost never about proprietary information. Typically it's accessing and selling user/cc info, infecting users, or defrauding the company (rebate scams for fake items).
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Re:Rise of Darknet Stokes Fear of the Insider by Aelinsaar on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:49AM (#11961910)
That's true, but people do stupid and shortsighted things all of the time. Once that data is out, the impact on the source of the leak is going to be cold comfort.
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