BY JOE CLEVELAND

Last year, a former Intel design engineer was charged with allegedly stealing $1 billion worth of trade secrets relating to Intel's next generation microprocessor. The engineer was working at Intel when he was hired by Advanced Micro Devices, an Intel competitor.

Shortly before leaving Intel, the engineer remotely accessed and downloaded top secret Intel documents onto his home computer. According to the FBI, the engineer planned to use this information to advance his career by drawing on it when the opportunity arose to help AMD compete against Intel. The engineer was indicted on five counts of stealing trade secrets and wire fraud and is awaiting trial.

Unfortunately, in today's world where information is just a "click" away, stories like this are becoming more and more common.

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