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"...he had brought his own laptop with him, which the company had no control over. He was able to install his own software on it. The laptop’s USB ports, into w
by cant_kant 11y ago
"...he had brought his own laptop with him, which the company had no control over. He was able to install his own software on it. The laptop’s USB ports, into which memory sticks are inserted, were not blocked.
From October 2006 until he was questioned by police on 22 December 2008, Falciani used his privileged access to download data including bank account numbers, client names, addresses and dates of birth, and sums held in accounts.
....his actions, including approaches to banks in Lebanon, suggested he had wanted to sell the stolen data.
.... Falciani had given a series of different reasons: that he wanted to “conduct a simple test”, that he was using fictitious data, and that he wanted to test the bank’s security. "
Sounds dodgy in the extreme