Gary Min a scientist who worked at DuPont for 10 years, focusing on research involving a type of high-performance film, had covertly used DuPont’s computer systems to steal trade secrets valued at more than $400 million shortly before joining a rival company.
According to the court records, Min pleaded guilty in November to stealing proprietary data from DuPont by illegally downloading or accessing thousands of documents stored in an electronic library. Min, is scheduled to be sentenced March 29 and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison plus a fine of up to $250,000.
Although in this case the data was transfered to a laptop, it woudl have just as easily (if not easier) been loaded onto a USB flash drive, iPod or other removable media devices.
Source: Computer World
