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I'd love to know, too! FBI agents were flipped for $100,000, just cause they needed the cash. Escaped detection for decades. CIA agents were turned, too. While
by MichaelGG 12y ago
I'd love to know, too! FBI agents were flipped for $100,000, just cause they needed the cash. Escaped detection for decades. CIA agents were turned, too.
While I'd not be surprised to see corporate security better than the FBI's stuff[1], I find it hard to believe you can't just get agents on the inside for the amount of money involved. So secrecy seems so unlikely to be useful against the companies that can really benefit from that knowledge.
It reminds me of Nikon not documenting their white balance settings in their RAW format. Just stupidity all around.
1: A long time ago, I saw Microsoft Internal Affairs in action. They were fast and setup a sting, complete with their own undercover agents/turned insiders, in a matter of weeks from first tip-off. I'd imagine companies like pharma or chips, would have even more severe response. Whereas in the FBI, one multi-decade mole was actually caught once or twice, but talked his way out. At one point, he even led the investigation against himself.
- throwawayaway 12y agoThe Police Chief didn't know he was double crossed by Internal Affairs all along! I would fucking love to see one of those type of Dirty Harry films done in a megacorporate setting. Here's another, Microsoft Internal Affairs more recently in action: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/technology/microsofts-software-leak-case-raises-privacy-issues.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/technology/microsofts-soft...