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Source Code To Google Authentication System Stolen
Aardvark writes "More details are coming out about the extent of the break-in at Google a few months ago. The NY Times is reporting that one of the things stolen was the source code to Google's single sign-on authentication system, called Gaia. Though Google is making changes to the system, the theft raises the possibility that attackers could analyze the code to find new exploits to take advantage of in the future. No wonder that Eric Schmidt recently said they've become paranoid about security."
I disagree about expanding it to be "unjustified enrichment", perhaps a better word for that is exploitation.
The huge majority of people however would agree stolen to mean taking something without permission of the owner, or better yet; knowingly not having permission to take it. Even if the thing taken was a copy the original.
You can debate all you want about the specifics or what this means in law, the slashdot summary is still correct and it's what the majority of people understand it to be.
It's like the decade old "it's crackers not hackers" argument. Not to 99% of the population.