The Insider Threat Nobody Is Tracking

Episode 52 of The Cybersecurity Podcast with Fexingo looks at one of the fastest-growing but least-discussed cyber threats of 2026: the insider attack driven by layoff disgruntlement. Lucas and Luna examine how mass layoffs in tech — especially among engineers with privileged access — have created a powder keg. They discuss recent data from a mid-2026 incident at a cloud infrastructure company where a laid-off admin exfiltrated 300,000 customer records before his VPN access was revoked. Lucas connects this to a 4.2 percent rise in insider incidents reported by the Ponemon Institute in Q1 2026, and notes that CrowdStrike — up 3.6 percent in the last five days — has quietly acquired an insider-risk startup. The conversation drills into why most companies still don't monitor behavioral signals like sudden after-hours logins or mass downloads, and whether the regulatory push to ban noncompete clauses could make the problem worse. No hot takes — just the numbers and the logic. #InsiderThreat #Cybersecurity #Layoffs #TechLayoffs #DataBreach #PonemonInstitute #CrowdStrike #CRWD #CloudSecurity #AccessManagement #InsiderRisk #EmployeeMonitoring #NoncompeteBan #FTC #ZeroTrust #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #Technology Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo