Data Theft Common By Departing Employees - washingtonpost.com

Roughly 67 percent of those who acknowledged taking company data from their old employer said they did so in order to leverage a new job. But Gavin Manes, chief executive of Avansic, a digital forensics company that often is hired to investigate employee data theft, said individuals who hand confidential data over to a new employer or competitor are putting themselves -- as well as their former and prospective employers -- at grave legal risk.

Data Theft Common By Departing Employees - washingtonpost.com