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I def feel for the guy and how he basically got years of his life ruined by a big player, but him and his family did some pretty shady stuff with regards to the

• jdboyd 8y ago
  There may be shady behavior about data, but as I read it, the missing computers in the story were his, not the company's.
  • 300bps 8y ago
    He admitted writing code to de-obfuscate the work of his coworkers and copying it. He gave several electronic devices including computers to his parents as he was being hunted by authorities. He made up ridiculous stories about how the devices were destroyed (ex: one was cremated with his relative) and his parents were caught in court lying about throwing the computers in a river when the company has them under surveillance 24x7. Nobody likes being lied to repeatedly, especially courts.
• newsbinator 8y ago
  > There was a problem, though, beyond the physical security protocols at the G-Research office: The company scrambled the code that ran its trades, specifically to prevent it from being copied. So Xu built a decompiler that could translate it.