Intel sues Oregon engineer who left for Microsoft, allegedly taking trade secrets with him
Intel sued a former Oregon employee Friday, alleging he took trade secrets with him when he bolted for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in subsequent business negotiations with Intel.
The engineer, Varun Gupta, worked for Intel for a decade before leaving for Microsoft in January 2020, according to the suit. He allegedly loaded Intel trade secrets onto two USB drives before quitting and later accessed them on his Microsoft-issued laptop.
[...] [The] litigation indicates Intel and Microsoft worked together to investigate the incident.
Intel's complaint claims that Gupta had denied knowing where the one of the USB drives was, but later turned it over to Microsoft for analysis. He claimed to have discarded a second USB drive that allegedly contained Intel secrets, according to the litigation.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 11 2021, @11:02PM (1 child)
Was drive H1B ejected successfully?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday February 11 2021, @11:11PM
Ey Pajeet Poodoo, is that code finished yet? No, I mean will it actually compile this time? Show me that it compiles. Well, I may not be a coder by trade, but I know when something compiles, and your code ain't compiling. Well, is is ready or is it not ready? *Sigh* Nevermind, quit staggering and babbling and let me know when it's ready. For real this time.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 12 2021, @12:48AM (3 children)
He hands evidence of a crime to his employer? Boy has an IQ of about 75, and a self preservation quotient of about 10. Employer is automatically going to
A. rightfully (and righteously) conclude Gupta is unreliable
B. going to copy all the data to a more secure location
C. notify the former employer
D. notify the law
E. fire the self acknowledged criminal
Why is this even a story?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 12 2021, @01:46AM (2 children)
That's why he's a Gupta. A Patel would never fail like that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 12 2021, @05:45AM
Ah the lovely Indian class system alive and well in America.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 12 2021, @06:31AM
But a Runaway would. From the lowest caste, the shit-posters, just below the shit-shovelers and cleaners of latrine. But, it turns out, since they are the lowest caste, they are the only one who could vote for Trump without becoming unclean from the act.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 12 2021, @06:48PM
that's what you get for hiring a Curry Nigger, Intel.