A case of "industrial espionage" has been sparked by the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office via the Internet.
A regular procedure file was filed against a 50-year-old citizen, for fraud with computer and breach of confidentiality of letters
A complaint was filed by a company active in the provision of Internet, IT and advertising services for the interception of confidential information
The Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office investigated an industrial espionage case and filed a case file against 50ron, a computer fraud and a letter of confidentiality.
In particular, the investigation of the case began following a complaint by a company, active in the provision of internet, IT and advertising services, for the interception of confidential information against it (customer, sales, policies market, important passwords, etc.), with a commercial value of hundreds of thousands of euros.
More specifically, according to the complaint, an unknown person has acquired a crack in the company's clientele, resulting in a significant loss of revenue due to the leakage of information.
The above complaints were brought to the attention of the Prosecutor's Office of Athens and ordered the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office to conduct a preliminary examination as well as to provide the necessary data from the Internet Service Providers.
In the framework of the preliminary examination, a thorough police and digital-to-digital survey of digital data and data was conducted to investigate and elucidate the case, which showed that the electronic traces of the person who had done the cracking corresponded to 50 , a former employee of the complainant company.
In this context, yesterday (13-10-2015) morning, an investigation was carried out in the house and the area work του 50χρονου δράστη, κατά τη duration whose laptop was found and confiscated.
From the on-site digital analysis of the data, conducted by specialized Officers of the Electronic Crime Division, 50ron's involvement in the case was identified and the relevant electronic traces were identified, while what had come from the investigation had provided the information to a similar company where he worked .
The computer seized will be sent to the Criminal Investigation Division for appropriate laboratory tests.
The case file that was formed will be submitted to the Athens District Attorney's Office, in accordance with the law, while the involvement of other persons in this particular case is being investigated.
