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Duo Charged In Hacking, Stealing Trade Secrets

NEW YORK--Two former employees of a fashion industry company have been charged with computer hacking and stealing trade secrets. Jeffrey White, 27, of Brooklyn and Morgan Gantt, 24, of Jersey City, NJ, face charges arising out of an alleged scheme to hack into a computer network belonging to ENK International LLC ("ENK") and to steal confidential business information from ENK White and Gantt are former employees of ENK, a trade show organization based in Manhattan that serves the fashion industry. ENK terminated White's employment in July. Gantt was terminated on Aug. 21 after ENK management learned through investigation that she was operating, during her ENK work hours, a temporary employment agency targeting exhibitors at fashion shows, including shows sponsored by ENK, and that Gantt was using ENK resources to operate her outside business. To read the totality of the article from North Country Gazette please click here.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).