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In what appears to be a growing trend, displaced employees are turning to cybercrime using their corporate data access to steal, exploit and damage information networks, and may have cost businesses as much as $1 trillion globally according to a new study from McAfee and Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Although insiders have always posed a threat to information security, the report warns that the global recession is putting vital information at greater risk than ever before.