Friday, March 23, 2007

Oracle's claims highlight more corporate spying

Oracle's newly-filed lawsuit against rival SAP is only the latest in a slew of recent allegations that make it seem that business leaders are still willing to seek out ways to circumvent technological security systems.

In its suit -- which accuses enterprise applications giant SAP of fraud legislation, unfair competition, and civil conspiracy, and charges the German company of "corporate theft on a grand scale" -- Oracle claims that SAP workers illegally accessed its own computerized customer support systems and stole "thousands of proprietary, copyrighted software products," as well as other confidential materials...

...the accusations follow a string of other instances where corporate leaders have intentionally bypassed systems meant to protect sensitive data. (more)