PRESS RELEASE The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate (DIE) has investigated a case of "industrial espionage" via the internet
A regular procedure case has been filed against a 50-year-old Greek national for computer fraud and breach of confidentiality of letters
This was preceded by a complaint from a company active in the provision of internet, IT and advertising services, for the interception of confidential information.
The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate (DIE) investigated a case of "industrial espionage" and filed a regular case against a 50-year-old Greek national for computer fraud and violation of the confidentiality of letters.
Specifically, the investigation into the case began following a complaint from a company active in the provision of internet, IT and advertising services, for the interception of confidential information to its detriment (customer list, sales, purchasing policies, important access codes, etc.), with a commercial value of hundreds of thousands of euros.
More specifically, according to the complaint, an unknown person gained illegal access (cracking) to the company's customer list, resulting in a significant loss of revenue due to the leak of information.
The above allegations were brought to the attention of the Athens First Instance Prosecutor's Office and the Directorate for the Prosecution of Electronic Crime (DIE) was ordered to conduct a preliminary examination, as well as to provide the necessary information from internet service providers.
As part of the preliminary examination, a thorough police and digital-online search of digital evidence and data was conducted, in order to investigate and clarify the case, from which it emerged that the electronic traces of the person who had carried out the malicious acts (cracking) corresponded to the 50-year-old Greek national, a former employee of the reporting company.
In this context, on the morning of 13-10-2015, a search was conducted at the home and workplace of the 50-year-old perpetrator, during which a laptop computer was found and seized.
From the on-site digital analysis of the data, carried out by specialized officers of the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate (DIE), the involvement of the 50-year-old in the case was established and the electronic traces in question were identified, while as it emerged from the investigation, he had delivered the information to a similar company where he works.
The seized computer will be sent to the Criminal Investigations Directorate for appropriate laboratory tests.
The case file that was formed will be submitted to the Athens First Instance Prosecutor's Office, in execution of the orders, for the purposes of the Law, while the participation of other persons in this specific case is being investigated.
