Intel is suing an ex-employee of 11 years alleging the engineer downloaded nearly 18,000 files, many of which being top secret or confidential

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In June this year, Intel laid off over 100 of its employees in California. Just a month later, 4000 more were announced, with people across California, Oregon, Texas, and Arizona all losing jobs. Now, one of those employees, a staff member for 11 years, has been accused of stealing almost 18,000 files on their way.

This is all according to a court filing on behalf of Intel (via Oregon Live). After being notified on July 7, then leaving the company on July 31, the employee (Mr Jinfeng Luo) reportedly connected a NAS (network attached storage) to take 18,000 files from their Intel account and laptop, many of which Intel claims "were Intel Top Secret or contained Intel Confidential Information."