Cyber Criminals Attempt to Bribe Reporter to Hack BBC

A reporter was approached by cyber criminals offering money to facilitate a hacking attempt on the BBC. The clandestine nature of cyber-crime makes insider threats difficult to detect and discuss.

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Like many things in the shadowy world of cyber-crime, an insider threat is something very few people have experience of. Even fewer people want to talk about it. But Joe Tidy, cyber correspondent for the BBC World Service, was given a unique and worrying experience of how hackers can leverage insiders when he was propositioned by a criminal gang. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #CyberCrime #Hacking #BBCNews

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