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Trade SecretsTHE COMPANY DEPENDS ON IT

Definition

Any confidential business information which provides an enterprise a competitive edge may be considered a trade secret.

Unauthorized use is an unfair practice and a violation of the trade secret.

Senior Architect.

Russian National

Worked for 7 Years

Alex Kibkalo

Got a poor Performance Review

He demanded a good review or else he threatened to

RESIGN

REVENGE TO

He Stole Pre-release versions of

And ManyImportant Documents

Account

He Stole Pre-release versions

And Stored it in his

Started Leaking Information

To an unnamed French technology blogger, who then posted this info on hisown website and on

Completely Anonymous

What could go wrong?

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The Blogger

The blogger consulted with an acquaintance at Redmond, Microsoft

Headquarters

The matter was reported to Microsoft. It was confirmed that the code was

authentic. Microsoft accessed the blogger’s

Hotmail without consent.

Microsoft took action

Microsoft interviewed the blogger.The blogger admitted that he posted

information on webHe sold activation keys on eBay.

The Truth was out

Mr. Alex Kibkalo is Guilty!!

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Legal Implications

Legal Implications

Microsoft’s Terms of ServiceResources such as source code are confidential

data.Failure to protect this data could face criminal

liability.

Legal Implications

No provision for redistributionNo sharing of info or posting on another

server.Approval from the windows IP security

team required.

Legal Implications

Kibkalo found guilty of leaking windows 8 RT and activation servers.

Federal prosecutors charged Kibkalo with theft of trade secrets under title 18,united states code.

Facing up to 10 years of prison time and ordered to pay Microsoft $25,000 as compensation.

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Privacy

Privacy

Right to Privacy is a Basic Human Right

Universal Declaration of Human Rights explicitly states Privacy Rights

Intrusion into Private affairs breach of Privacy

On confirming the source code, inspection was carried out by the Trustworthy Computing Investigations (TWCI) of Microsoft.

Evidence indicated blogger interacted with the source through Hotmail.

To determine the source of the leak, TWCI decided to hack blogger’s Hotmail.

Emails from Kibkalo were found containing confidential Microsoft data.

Kibkalo found guilty of distributing Trade secrets.

Hacking into personal account : breach of privacy.

Hacking into personal account : breach of privacy.

Lawsuit against Microsoft for invasion of privacy.

Violation of right to privacy.

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Was it justified on the side of Microsoft to hack into a users account without his consent?

Reading of the private information of a customer, ethically wrong.

Without a court order, account access is highly unusual

Questions raised about privacy concerns

When Microsoft was told,

Defense by Microsoft

Nothing wrong done Protected company’s rights and

properties Actions within the limits of ECP Act Planning to alter its policies in future

”

“ The privacy of our customers is incredibly important to us, and while we believe our

actions in this particular case were appropriate given the specific circumstances, we want to be clear about how we will handle similar situations

going forward

Negative effect on Microsoft

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TRADE SECRETPRIVACY

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Mr. Kibkalo was stealing important data from MICROSOFT

MICROSOFT WAS CHECKING THE MAIL WITHOUT THE PERMISSION FROM

THE CLIENT

Mr. Kibkalo was found guilty for stealing important data from the company and was

sentenced a jail term of 10 years and a compensation of $25,000/-

Ethics is knowing the difference between what

you have a right to do and what is right to do.

In the End, What is Ethics?

Reference

www.theguardian.com www.nytimes.com www.engadget.com www.cnet.com www.eff.org www.conservativeread.com www.theverge.com www.cnn.com