Unhappy Workers Hacking Employers on the Rise, FBI Says

Employees with an ax to grind are increasingly using Internet cloud services and other computer tools to hack their current or former companies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Department said.

The workers use services like Dropbox Inc.’s cloud storage or software that lets them gain remote access to corporate networks and steal trade secrets and other data, the agencies said in a public service notice yesterday on a government website. Companies victimized by current or former employees incur costs “from $5,000 to $3 million,” the agencies said without naming specific companies or incidents.