Famous Whistleblowers

Suchir Balaji's name is now inseparable from the broader fight over AI accountability. Sixteen months after his death, the OpenAI whistleblower's case has produced lawsuits, an independent autopsy ...

In a landmark moment for the cryptocurrency world, on November 21, 2023, U.S. authorities announced a historic settlement involving the crypto-exchange ...

In the intricate world of cryptocurrency, where promises of quick wealth and groundbreaking technologies often collide with fraudulent schemes, the OneCoin ...

Tiffany Fong, a self-professed "reluctant crypto content creator," has found herself at the epicenter of one of the most significant controversies in recent ...

In the turbulent era of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as New York City grappled with social upheaval and urban challenges, one man stood against the tide ...

Two of the earliest recorded whistleblowers in American history were Samuel Shaw and Richard Marven. Their stories serve as a testament to the enduring ...

The Enron scandal is one of the most notorious corporate fraud cases in history. It brought a once-respected energy company to its knees and sent shockwaves ...

Three former military officials - whistleblower David Grusch, Ryan Graves and David Fravor - testified before the Congress on 26th of July 2023. They ...

Mark Hurd served as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from 2005 to 2010, during which he was widely regarded as a successful and influential leader. However, ...

The recently revealed scandal called Tesla Files is related to the leakage of files describing the policy and internal communication of Tesla company. There ...

Mark MacGann, a former lobbyist for Uber, is now better known as a whistleblower from Uber. He was responsible for promoting the company's interests in ...

Jeffrey Wigand is a former executive at the tobacco company Brown & Williamson. In 1996, he exposed that company intentionally manipulated its ...

Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung were whistleblowers who exposed Elizabeth Holmes' illegal, often life-threatening practices. The Wall Street Journal ...

Whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko worked as Twitter's chief of security from 2020 until he was fired in 2022, and says during that time he witnessed ...

Providing employees with a safe channel to report irregularities, in accordance with the EU Directive,...

Edward Snowden, an American computer scientist, former CIA employee who collaborated with the NSA. In 2013, he revealed thousands of secret documents and ...

There are many interesting books about whistleblowers. Let’s look at some amazing stories about these brave heroes who don't always get the credit they ...

The subject of whistleblowers is popular in movies. Over the past decades, many of them have been produced in Hollywood and Europe. Each film tells a ...

Watergate is one of the biggest political sensations in US history. It took place in...

Becoming a whistleblower was not Frances Haugen’s plan. She claims she does not like being...

Harry M. Markopolos - a former director of the securities industry was signalling that Bernie Madoff was responsible for one of the greatest financial scams...