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5/29/2009
Deutsche Bank Spying Scandal Widens
Not much meat here, but at least enjoy that this is a German newspaper (Deutsche Welle) quoting Reuters, which itself was quoting a German newspaper (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). Long story short, Deutsche bank is not out of the woods yet and multiple investigations continue into the extent the corporation spied on employees and others.

-- MDT

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4/22/2009
Hilton v. Starwood - Charges Fly in Corporate Espionage Flap
A pair of poached employees lead to charges of stolen secrets! Starwood is seeking to have Hilton prosecuted under the federal Economic Espionage Act. A Grand Jury has been convened and is currently investigating.

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Corporate Spying Charges Raised Against EDF
The French nuclear energy firm EDF has been outed for paying investigators to infiltrate the country's anti-nuclear energy movement. Pierre François, firm's production security division has admitted to organizing the far-reaching surveillance since 2002.

Enviro-group Greenpeace has also alledged that EDF attempted to hack into the nonproft's private computer network, a charge that EDF denies. As you'll see in this piece from the FT, there is assuridly more to that story.

-- MDT

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4/07/2009
Deutsche Bahn CEO Steps Down Due to Corporate Spying Matter
Departing Deutsche Bahn CEO, Hartmut Mehdorn had been vocal about holding firm to his job up through late March, but the scandal surrounding DB's surveillance of over 200,000 workers took only a little over a month to engulf him. An official announcement of who will be named to replace Mehdorn is expected within days. The German government has already indicated its preferred pick to run the state rail company.

Get further details on the Mehdorn departure via Bloomberg.

-- MDT

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Airbus Outs its Own Corporate Spying
Digging into employee bank records?

Naughty business.

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6/12/2008
The Economist Offers a Little Context on Corporate Spying in Germany
Any nation with a Gestapo in its recent history is going to to take privacy seriously.

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6/08/2008
Lufthansa is the Latest German Corporation Forced to Admit Spying
Unlike the similar situations at Deutsche Telekom and railway, Deutsche Bahn, the folks at Lufthansa seemed to handle their overzealous investigation via their own security department, rather than seeking outside assistance.

Get the details, via Spiegel.

-- MDT

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6/04/2008
Former STASI Agents Used by Deutsche Telekom in Corporate Spying Campaign
Let's call it good PR.

Or, wait... Make that the other one.

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5/27/2008
More on the Deutsche Telekom Spying Case
Between Time Magazine and Spiegel you should be pretty well up to date.

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5/26/2008
Deutsche Telekom Faces Criminal Probe on Corporate Spying
Someone didn't learn from the HP fiasco, it seems.

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10/16/2007
Canadian Oil Executive Resigns Over Corporate Spying
Name withheld to protect the guilty?

Lemme dig down on this a bit...

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