From a thief’s perspective, stealing electronic data is the best type of crime there is – it’s easy to transport, there’s almost no risk of violence and you can steal from people who are across the globe from you.  All you need is their password – – with it, you can log into their email and send messages as the CEO to the accounting department to have them wire money to your account.  You can also remote into the network as the administrator and steal the company’s data to sell it on the black market or just encrypt it to sell it back to them (see our earlier post on ransomware).  You just need the password. Read more →