Apple lost more than 2.3 million dollars due to leakage
The most interesting thing is that not technology has “flowed” into Asia, but data about sales forecasts, prices, and so on. The leak was reported by InfoWatch.
Paul Devine, a former Apple manager, admitted in court that he had transferred confidential information to partners in Singapore for three years. Asian businessmen have at their disposal data on sales forecasts, price targets and unpublished product specifications. With Apple's inside information, they could bargain on more favorable terms.
The manager was focused only on commercial information - on prices, quantities and delivery times. No high technologies and secrets of production of the zalinsider were interested. You might think that Apple has no technical advances, and its entire success is based solely on its marketing strategy.
Interestingly, all of the trade secrets were zailed by e-mail, using accounts in free systems like Hotmail and Gmail. Moreover, right from his office notebook, on which FBI experts found copies of spy correspondence. After which a long rested suspect finally admitted.
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Frankly, in our time, this is quite a rare case. According to InfoWatch statistics, only 6% of leaks occur via email, and the vast majority of them (87%) are random. Malicious insiders usually know that e-mail is the most easily monitored channel with the best opportunity to gather evidence.
The prosecutor declined to comment on possible penalties. For those counts in which an Apple employee pleaded guilty, the maximum prison term is up to 70 years, as well as a fine of up to several million dollars. Already, Devine agreed to pay almost $ 2.3 million in damages.
If someone from the readers thinks that an insider is caught solely by his own stupidity, due to the use of unreliable communication methods, then he should know that the majority of hackers and industrial spies come across not at all in the transfer of reports, but in receiving money. And the main evidence is often the testimony of witnesses than the conclusions of computer experts.
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Paul Devine, a former Apple manager, admitted in court that he had transferred confidential information to partners in Singapore for three years. Asian businessmen have at their disposal data on sales forecasts, price targets and unpublished product specifications. With Apple's inside information, they could bargain on more favorable terms.
The manager was focused only on commercial information - on prices, quantities and delivery times. No high technologies and secrets of production of the zalinsider were interested. You might think that Apple has no technical advances, and its entire success is based solely on its marketing strategy.
Interestingly, all of the trade secrets were zailed by e-mail, using accounts in free systems like Hotmail and Gmail. Moreover, right from his office notebook, on which FBI experts found copies of spy correspondence. After which a long rested suspect finally admitted.
')
Frankly, in our time, this is quite a rare case. According to InfoWatch statistics, only 6% of leaks occur via email, and the vast majority of them (87%) are random. Malicious insiders usually know that e-mail is the most easily monitored channel with the best opportunity to gather evidence.
The prosecutor declined to comment on possible penalties. For those counts in which an Apple employee pleaded guilty, the maximum prison term is up to 70 years, as well as a fine of up to several million dollars. Already, Devine agreed to pay almost $ 2.3 million in damages.
If someone from the readers thinks that an insider is caught solely by his own stupidity, due to the use of unreliable communication methods, then he should know that the majority of hackers and industrial spies come across not at all in the transfer of reports, but in receiving money. And the main evidence is often the testimony of witnesses than the conclusions of computer experts.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/115261/
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