Former Intel engineer stole 18,000 confidential files
It came to light that a former Intel engineer stole 18,000 files, including data marked top secret. Intel demanded $250,000 in damages from the former engineer.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Intel
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 18,000 files
- Cause / method
- Theft of internal data by a former engineer
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The former engineer's theft of 18,000 files and Intel's demand for $250,000 in damages were reported.
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