Security News > 2004 > August > RE: Source code stolen from U.S. software company in India

Forwarded from: Chris Wysopal http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,95045,00.html "The company said that according to a report obtained from its branch in India, a recently hired software engineer used her Yahoo e-mail account, which now allows 100MB of free storage space, to upload and ship the copied files out of the research facility. The company detected the theft and is trying to prevent the employee from further distributing the source code and other confidential information." What this means is large free web email storage facilities make intellectual property theft easier. Just zip and send an attachement to yourself. But this is the real kicker: "Though the Indian branch of Jolly Technologies requires employees to sign a similar employment agreement, the sluggish Indian legal system and the absence of intellectual property laws make it nearly impossible to enforce such agreements, the company said. ... The company said it has decided to delay further recruitment and halt development activities in India until better legal safeguards are in place." Is this true? Can Indian employees steal source code with no legal repercussions? Wow, think of all the code that is outsourced to India these days with no legal protections. And it is all a Yahoo file attachment away. -Chris _________________________________________ Help InfoSec News with a donation: http://www.c4i.org/donation.html

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