Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoScreensharing mistake gets Nvidia sued over alleged stolen trade secretswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down11
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minus-square@MNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-26 months ago shown off the source code he stole from a former employer during a Microsoft Teams call with that same company. Edit: He showed his previous employer their source code while working at Nvidia. The former employer took screenshots, and sued.
minus-squareThankYouVeryMuchlinkfedilink6•6 months agoHe’s an idiot. He was screen sharing during a joint project with his former employer (Valeo) and had the stolen code behind the powerpoint, that was then minimized or closed, it even was in a dir called ‘valeoCode’ or something like that
minus-square@SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoThey probably contacted the police, since there was clear evidence he had committed a crime.
Yeah, but how did they find out about the screenshot.
Edit: He showed his previous employer their source code while working at Nvidia. The former employer took screenshots, and sued.
Oh ok, understood now.
He’s an idiot. He was screen sharing during a joint project with his former employer (Valeo) and had the stolen code behind the powerpoint, that was then minimized or closed, it even was in a dir called ‘valeoCode’ or something like that
They probably contacted the police, since there was clear evidence he had committed a crime.