Tag Archives: theft

We've covered a few stories on the theft of trade secrets in the tech industry in the past but usually, we don't see the culprits outing themselves to their former co-workers. Automotive technology company, Valeo, has filed a lawsuit against Nvidia alleging the theft of trade secrets after a former …

Ever since the launch of RTX 30 series graphics cards, we've faced numerous issues with stock. Scalpers and cryptominers were quick to buy up early stock, then supply chain shortages kicked in, keeping retail stocks low and waiting lists long. Now, we're seeing examples of straight up thievery, with a …

Not only do we have scalpers to worry about when it comes to RTX 30 GPU stock, but now it would seem we also need to worry about thieves too. This week, it has come to light that 40 cargo boxes full of RTX 3090 graphics cards have been stolen …

We often think of leaks as a word of mouth incident but there can be some shadier tactics involved at times, as was the case here, with AMD confirming an IP theft incident in December.

We've been hearing more and more reports surrounding corporate espionage in the tech industry over the last year. This time around, the US government is getting involved, with the Department of Justice cracking down on a company known as ‘Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Company' and its DRAM partner, UMC, over …

Back in May 2017, a former TSMC engineer was accused of stealing trade secrets relating to the company's 28nm process technology. Now, a similar situation has come to light this year, with another former TSMC employee charged with stealing trade secrets and attempting to take them to a new job …

Following on from the massive cryptocurrency boom in December last year, we have seen plenty of people trying to take advantage of it. Here in the UK we saw government websites hacked to mine, in Russia, nuclear scientists attempted to leverage government owned super computers for profit, and there have …

It’s iPhone X launch day and while the turnout at various Apple Stores across the globe has been good so far, the folks at the Apple Store in San Francisco are having a bit of a nightmare. Earlier this week, a delivery of 313 new iPhone X units arrived at …

A couple of years ago, the Peachy Printer hit Kickstarter, promising backers the world's first $100 3D printer. The team behind the product wanted just $50,000 Canadian dollars to get the project off of the ground but the project caught on with the wider web and they ended up with well …

Samsung recently launched its own mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, which does the same thing as Apple Pay and Android Pay, allowing users to use their smartphones to pay for items rather than pulling out their credit card. However, it now looks like some Chinese hackers may have stolen the …

One of the most scandalous claims in recent years hit the tech industry in early June this year, when CaseLabs, maker of some quite innovative chassis designs accused industry giant Thermaltake of ripping off its cases, as well as the designs of other manufacturers like Fractal and NZXT. While this …

The closure of Mt Gox was one of the biggest bitcoin related stories of 2014, despite it taking place early in the year. However, it's now come to light that despite being one of the world's prominent bitcoin exchanges and depositories, it was in-fact insolvent for a long time before …

Bitcoin exchange service, Bitstamp, had to suspend its operations earlier this week after its security was compromised. The security breach saw 19,000 BTC, which is roughly $5 million worth, stolen from online wallets. The exchange clarified that most wallets are stored securely offline and won't be affected. According to ZDNet, …

Around a hundred human brains, bottled and preserved in formaldehyde, have gone missing from the University of Texas and nobody seems to know exactly why or how. However, it is possible that  group of undergraduates or other parties took them for “living rooms or Halloween pranks” over the years, according …

Update: Mt Gox has now posted a message on its site that reads: Dear MtGox Customers, In light of recent news reports and the potential repercussions on MtGox's operations and the market, a decision was taken to close all transactions for the time being in order to protect the site …

A man has been arrested and charged with theft (among other offences) after he was caught in a sting operation, trying to sell brains to a middleman that he had previously stolen from a a range of over 2,000 patients' organs in the Indiana Medical History museum. The specimens range …

If you thought there was a brown, stewy storm brewed up from the demise of drug marketplace Silk Road, wait until you hear the story behind the shut down of its offspring, Sheep Marketplace. It looks like someone managed to hack the site, stealing around $6 million worth of Bitcoins …

While we might often talk about the demise of the high street video game retailer here at KitGuru, it isn't always the fault of outdated business practices. GameStop at least, can place some of its problems, squarely at the feet of one ex-vice president of corporate communications, who defrauded the …

Hackers have broken into Bitcoin brokerage, Bitinstant, taking more than $12,000 (£7,965) worth of the digital currency. The exchange has been quick to claim that no customers were affected – though the company website was knocked offline for a short period over the weekend. The hack was a clever one, involving …

When Biswamohan Pani decided to leave Intel for AMD in the summer of 2008, he was asked point blank at an ‘exit interview' if he still had any Intel information or property. He lied and, as Intel would later find out, he'd also began working for chip rival AMD. KitGuru …

The hottest story this morning, is the news that Crysis 2 has been leaked and is presently cascading its viral way across the world's newsgroups and torrent sites. KitGuru has been inundated with information. Here's our latest update. When Doom 3 was going to launch, all those Martian moons ago, …