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jeffro:
Long story short, a former colleague of mine moved to another company and in the process copied/lifted 500 files (word docs, spreadsheets, etc). She got caught and now it's some big legal debacle with our lawyers. It's the kind of thing we all think about doing for personal gain but to do it on that scale is fucking stupid on her part.

I'm dead curious about it all but obviously it's a sensitive subject with my director who feels betrayed so I don't wish to press her. So, how did she get caught?

I would give her more credit than sending them through her work email, not least the sheer time it would take. Is there a way the IT staff in our office could 'see' if she had uploaded them to something like WeTransfer for example? Is there any hidden marker on files that says when/where it has been copied to a USB stick for example?

Thoughts and conspiracy theories welcome.

Aesop Rock:
IT can see practically everything that happens on a computer when it's connected to a network. There's a history which shows what files have been moved, and to where, etc. Same thing with uploading them to a file hosting site. Sucks for her, she's probably got no job and might be looking at criminal charges.

jeffro:
Yeah, I've done some reading into it and I guess the only thing on her side is that apparently it's hard and extremely costly to 'prove' in the eyes of the law and take to court.

Silly girl, totally unexpected though - always the quiet ones!

Finn the Human:
Is it trade secrets? Because getting done for corporate espionage would be funny.

Zoidberg:
Fark, how old was she and how long had she been there?

can you do that with home computers connected up to the same internets?

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