Lee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 10 months agoScreensharing mistake gets Nvidia sued over alleged stolen trade secretswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkScreensharing mistake gets Nvidia sued over alleged stolen trade secretswww.theverge.comLee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoYeah, but how did they find out about the screenshot.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-210 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-squareThankYouVeryMuchlinkfedilink7•10 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@SpaceNoodlelinkEnglish4•10 months agoThey probably contacted the police, since there was clear evidence he had committed a crime.
Probably the screenshot.
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.