Are employees to blame for rise in insider access threats? This new study claims so
- Flashpoint found ~34 insider threat posts daily on dark web between July 2025–26
- July 2026 saw 12,653 posts, with 75% from insiders selling access themselves
- Report warns insiders are now the weakest link, urging external monitoring of illicit forums
Every month, hundreds of people try to sell access to their employer’s IT infrastructure on the dark web. Some do it for the money. Others do it because they’re angry with their company for whatever reason.
As a result, malicious insiders are growing into one of the biggest, most dangerous threats for modern businesses, experts have warned.
This is according to cybersecurity professionals Flashpoint which published its latest monthly analysis of insider threat recruitment, illicit access advertising, and threat actor activity targeting enterprise environments.
Employees selling, hackers buying
As per the report, between July 2025 and July 2026, there were an average of 34 unique posts on the dark web, every...
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