Cybercrime

Ed Coristine fired from cybersecurity firm for leaking company secrets

| Importance: 8/10

Edward Coristine, then 16, was fired from his internship at cybersecurity firm Path Network for allegedly leaking internal company information to competitors. Path founder Marshal Webb stated “This is unacceptable and there is zero tolerance for this.” Shortly after Coristine’s …

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Climategate Email Hack Manufactures Controversy Before Copenhagen Summit

| Importance: 8/10

On November 17, 2009, just weeks before the crucial Copenhagen Climate Summit, hackers breached servers at the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia, stealing thousands of emails and computer files spanning 13 years of climate research. The stolen materials were strategically …

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