Ex-worker phished former employer to illegally hack network and steal data

Once again companies are being warned to be wary of past employees who may turn rogue. 28-year-old Andrew Mahn, of Derry, New Hampshire, has pleaded guilty to charges that he illegally hacked the network of his former company, telecoms firm Motorola, after he successfully tricked current staff into handing over their login credentials Mahn, who had previously worked for Motorola as a RF Network Field Service Technician, was working at the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) in August 2020 when he began to send phishing emails to a total of 31 current Motorola employees. The email told…