tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post424791713165446476..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: More maps walking off the boatChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-35736604983264142762018-07-25T20:53:17.097-04:002018-07-25T20:53:17.097-04:00A funny thing happened at a CRO in Utah, Frontier ...A funny thing happened at a CRO in Utah, Frontier Chemicals. They had a slightly shifty and opportunistic, not so bright fellow working for them, who was trying to help his brother in law start a CRO in India. He was not hiding this connection - in fact he even proposed collaboration between Frontier and that CRO in India, and they even made a test batch for Frontier in India (rejected by Frontier because of poor quality). So they were watching him and when he downloaded from company files procedure for making tetraphenylporphyrin, they had him arrested. The problem was, FBI in their first theft of intel property in Utah could not prove the Frontier procedure was proprietary, similar procedures are available on web for student lab assignments, so they prosecuted the guy based on HACKER offense, for unauthorized access and dissemination of company files. Later, the guy pled guilty to one count, paid fine+ court expenses (and company expenses) about 10 000 USD and left the country, giving away his Green Card. This was only due to a reasonably judge, who saw that this guy was a feeble-minded shambolic dude who compromised himself but not the company he worked for, and whom his employers and FBI wanted crucified.milkshakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188961610554710616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-17244566062519139162018-07-25T14:29:41.934-04:002018-07-25T14:29:41.934-04:00I think this is just the case at big companies wit...I think this is just the case at big companies with sophisticated IT departments. The last place I worked at had a one-man IT department run by a merry-go-round of individuals who didn't work out, and a lot of confidential files were inadvertently available on the company intranet. We also had a merry-go-round of upper managers coming and going, so highly sensitive paper files ended up in Banker's Boxes in unsecured storage areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-35651261868570360542018-07-25T12:52:46.890-04:002018-07-25T12:52:46.890-04:001) Why do people think that no one's going to ...1) Why do people think that no one's going to notice when they access company files, particularly when it's the core (supposedly) of your employer's business? Maybe they're all hoping that they cut back on data security the way they cut back on research, but that seems unlikely. I wonder how they figured out that their data was being sold (though that's one of the things I assume they would want to keep secret).<br /><br />2) Why does anyone think lying to the Feds is going to work out well?Hapnoreply@blogger.com