It is being reported today that a former AMD employee has been charged by the FBI for stealing top secret information relating to future chip designs from Intel Corp. Biswahoman Pani who left Intel on June 11, 2008 (but started work at AMD on June 2nd) admitted using his Intel laptop to access the files on the chipmaker’s network out of curiosity during an FBI interview late in July, after it raided his home and found 19 CAD designs and more than 100 other Intel documents. It should be noted that AMD has since terminated Mr. Pani and is cooperating fully with the FBI's investigation. FBI charges said AMD had no involvement in and had not condoned Pani’s actions.
So this begs several questions.
1: Why wasn't Pani's access to these sensitive documents removed when he gave notice?
2: He allegedly printed these documents. How can we be sure there aren't additional copies?
3: How can we be sure that none of these documents were passed along to someone else?
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