1 in 8 employees have sold company logins or know someone who has

The article summarizes UK Cifas research and industry telemetry showing that employee credential selling is a significant and growing threat: 13% of employees at large companies admitted selling or knowing someone who sold corporate access, KELA tracked ~2.9 billion compromised credentials, and account takeovers are rising—senior staff are disproportionately likely to sell access, increasing the risk of sensitive data exposure and customer harm.