Insider Threat: New South Wales Treasury Employee

Insider threat is the misuse by a trusted person of privileged access to, or influence over, assets and operations.  The trusted person’s actions may be unintentional, or their actions may be intentional.  In either instance the harm caused can be the same.  But to become an ‘insider’ a person has to be granted admission.

Australian media reported in April 2026 that an employee of the New South Wales Treasury had been charged for allegedly downloading over five thousand government documents.

In this podcast, Pentagram recounts the public information about the case and explores insider threat issues which the case highlights.