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Lewandowski still apparently took massive amounts of proprietary data from his employer. Even if he was smart enough to not put that data on his new companies s
by godzillabrennus 6y ago
Lewandowski still apparently took massive amounts of proprietary data from his employer. Even if he was smart enough to not put that data on his new companies systems we all know he had a way to reference it when necessary.
- loceng 6y agoE.g. Don't steal what's not yours if you don't want to be pursued and have that action leveraged against you..
- zsandwich 6y agoI think the plea deal actually debunked the idea that he took docs. Govt could only "get him" on a meeting minutes doc. And the trade secrets that were found at Uber were software brought over by software engineers that haven't been charged.
- tdrp 6y agoHere's his own quote: "I downloaded this file with the intent to use it for the benefit of someone other than Google," https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/former-google-self-driving-engineer-pleads-guilty-trade-secrets-theft-n1164491 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/former-google-self-dr...
- anxman 6y agoThis isn't accurate. The M&A documentation from Uber confirmed that Levandowski had stolen 5 discs worth of data from Google.
- tdrp 6y agoIIRC he allegedly also tried to wipe all evidence of it which is why it was hard to prove. So it seems he knew what he was doing.