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Technology

Dec. 10, 2025

Mitigating insider risk: Legal leadership in a new era of threats

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The rise of AI-enabled cyberattacks, exemplified by North Korea's fraudulent IT worker scheme, underscores the need for companies to implement robust insider threat programs combining technology, policy and employee training to protect critical data.

Jennie Wang VonCannon

Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP

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Mitigating insider risk: Legal leadership in a new era of threats

The year 2025 saw the rise of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by nation-states to commit cyber-crime against U.S. companies. Such efforts are ushering in a new era of insider threats.

In June 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced sweeping law enforcement actions targeting the fraudulent scheme of operatives of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) who -- aided by U.S.-based facilitators -- ...

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