Hijacked New York Post Site Highlights the 'Insider Threat' — Again

The incident is the “tip of the iceberg,” as one expert put it

A New York Post employee hacked the website to post offensive headlines including ones calling for the ‘assassination’ of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

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When a New York Post employee on Thursday hijacked the company’s website and Twitter Inc. account to post death threats, as well as racist and misogynistic headlines, it was just the latest example of a company insider abusing their access for their own gain.

The Post fired the unnamed employee after headlines on the news site included offensive headlines, including calling for the assassination of some US leaders