How much does it cost to get an employee to steal workplace data? About $300

You can’t buy loyalty, but if you’ve got enough money, you can buy sensitive corporate information from disaffected office workers. At least, that’s the finding from UK infosec firm Deep Secure, which today published its ‘What is the Price of Loyalty’ report. Among other things, the paper shows that 15 percent of all UK employees would hand over corporate information for £1,000 (about $1,260). This includes confidential market and sales information, as well as details about colleagues and customers. Shockingly, Deep Secure found that one in ten workers said they’d sell intellectual property, like product specifications and source code, for…

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