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Saad AhmedRafid AhmedSherin HussainAmel NoushadFaisal KhanNayaf Shafi
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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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Rafid AhmedSherin HussainAmel NoushadFaisal KhanNayaf Shafi
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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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Sherin HussainAmel NoushadFaisal KhanNayaf Shafi
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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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Amel NoushadFaisal KhanNayaf Shafi
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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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Faisal KhanNayaf Shafi
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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
Saad AhmedRafid AhmedSherin HussainAmel NoushadFaisal Khan
Nayaf Shafi
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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