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Revenge is the reason for computer sabotage.
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05-18-05
(Philadelphia & Conshohocken, PA)
Corporate insiders who sabotage computers so sensitive they risk endangering national security or the economy commonly are motivated by revenge against their bosses, according to a government study released Monday according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded study. The study, conducted by the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S.-funded CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, examined dozens of computer-sabotage cases over six years to determine what motivates trusted insiders to attack and how their actions damage the country's most sensitive networks and data.
The study said most saboteurs showed troubling signs before the attacks: truancy, tardiness, arguments with co-workers, or shoddy performance. Nearly all the employees took some steps to conceal their identities online--sometimes even posing as co-workers --as they plotted their attacks. Attackers ranged from teens to retirees.
Information Week Article on the report.
Original Report (PDF)
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