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Stealing Silicon Valley

Posted by Soulskill on from the getaway-car-and-a-pocket-full-of-flash-drives dept.

pacopico writes "A series of robberies in Silicon Valley have start-ups feeling nervous. According to this report in Businessweek, a couple of networking companies were burgled recently with attempts made to steal their source code. The fear is that virtual attacks have now turned physical and that espionage in the area is on the rise. As a result, companies are now doing more physical penetration testing, including one case in which a guy was mailed in a FedEx box in a bid to try and break into a start-up."

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  1. the box was labelled "Supplies" by themushroom · · Score: 5, Funny

    And when the staff opened the top, a 4'5" Asian man jumped out and said "Supplies!!"

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  2. Movie time by SJHillman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet it's those Pirates of Silicon Valley. Damn pirates, always stealing everything.

  3. Re:strange article by sosume · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always tell people I'm the newly appointed VP when they catch me around offices I shouldn't be.

  4. Governmor Brown is being questioned? by s.petry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh wait, this is not about the business taxes in CA.

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