When a U.S.-based insurance company dismissed a rogue employee, its executives never expected to become the targets of an extensive online harassment campaign. Shortly after the employee’s departure, a series of harmful fake websites and fake emails began to flood the company and its market. They were accompanied by graphics designed to impersonate the company and its leaders, all with the aim of spreading false information and damaging the company’s reputation.

Though the company strongly believed the former employee was responsible, the perpetrator’s identity had been expertly masked. To effectively stop the harassment and pursue damages, the company would have to uncover and prove who was behind the mask.