NEW - Leakers vs Whistleblowers: When the Person You Hired Knows Too Much

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Mar 13, 2026 · 9m

Your insider threat at work is already inside. You hired them because they were skilled. You gave them the files, the client list, the access -- because that's what the role required. You didn't think of it as risk. You called it trust.

What does it feel like to find out the damage came from the person sitting two cubicles down? Not a hacker in another country. Not a phishing email. Someone who knew the job as well as you did. That betrayal is real, and it is exactly what keeps companies chasing these cases for years, even when the legal bill far outstrips what was actually stolen.

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