Security News > 2020 > December > Ex-Cisco Employee Convicted for Deleting 16K Webex Accounts

A man has been sentenced to two years in jail after being convicted of hacking Cisco's Webex collaboration platform in an insider-threat case brought to the U.S. District Court in California.

As a result, 16,000 WebEx Teams accounts were shut down for up to two weeks; and, the incident cost Cisco about $1.4 million in remediation costs, including refunding $1 million to affected customers, according to a court announcement.

In addition to jail time, the court ordered Ramesh to pay a $15,000 fine for intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage to Cisco.

Insider threats - be they disgruntled former employees, rogue employees or clueless workers who accidentally create risk - are an ongoing top danger for companies.

"Without access, some employees can't perform their duties at all. Organizations must define long-term policies for how employees access company-owned assets, especially if they intend to allow employees to work from home indefinitely. Such policies should include restricting access by role, as well as other security measures like requiring employees to be connected to the corporate VPN.".

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