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Trade Secrets
THE 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 Many
Important 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 his

own website
and on
Completely Anonymous
What could go wrong?
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Rafid Ahmed
Sherin Hussain
Amel Noushad
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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 bloggers
Hotmail without consent.
Microsoft took action
Microsoft interviewed the blogger.
The blogger admitted that he posted
information on web
He sold activation keys on eBay.
The Truth was out
Mr. Alex Kibkalo is Guilty!!
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Rafid Ahmed
Sherin Hussain
Amel Noushad
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Legal Implications
Legal Implications
Microsofts Terms of Service
Resources such as source code are confidential
data.
Failure to protect this data could face criminal
liability.


Legal Implications
No provision for redistribution
No 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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Rafid Ahmed
Sherin Hussain
Amel Noushad
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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 bloggers 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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Rafid Ahmed
Sherin Hussain
Amel Noushad
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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 companys 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
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Rafid Ahmed
Sherin Hussain
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TRADE SECRET
PRIVACY
\\


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