A case of "industrial espionage" has been sparked by the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office via the Internet.
Regular proceedings filed at the expense of 50hronian, a computer fraud and a confidential letter of confession
A complaint was filed by a company active in the provision of services Internet, πληροφορικής και advertisings, for 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 base, sales, purchase policies, 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 Athens District Attorney's Office and the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate was ordered toenergy preliminary examination, as well as the provision of the necessary information by 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), a survey was carried out at the home and workplace of the 50 chronicler, during which a portable computer was found and seized.
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.
