{"id":1302479,"date":"2025-11-13T06:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1302479"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:27:37","slug":"intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked &#8216;Intel Top Secret&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a major case of corporate data theft, <strong>Intel Corporation<\/strong> has filed a <strong>$250,000 lawsuit<\/strong> against a former software engineer, <strong>Jinfeng Luo<\/strong>, accusing him of stealing thousands of confidential files \u2014 some marked <strong>\u201cIntel Top Secret\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 before leaving the company in July 2024. The case underscores growing concerns around insider threats amid ongoing layoffs across the tech industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM-1024x573.png\" alt=\"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked 'Intel Top Secret'\" class=\"wp-image-1302486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png 1726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Engineer Allegedly Downloaded 18,000 Files Before Exit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong>court filings<\/strong> reviewed by <em>The Mercury News<\/em>, Luo joined Intel in <strong>2014<\/strong> and was<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/workplace-4-0\/intel-wants-former-engineer-to-pay-250000-in-damages-for-stealing-data-labelled-intel-top-secret\/125244006?utm_source=Mailer&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=ethr_news_2025-11-12&amp;dt=2025-11-12&amp;em=bW9odWxAdHJhay5pbg==\"> <strong>terminated on July 7, 2024<\/strong><\/a>, as part of Intel\u2019s workforce reduction program. In the <strong>weeks leading up to his exit<\/strong>, Luo allegedly downloaded <strong>over 18,000 sensitive files<\/strong> from company systems to a <strong>network-attached storage (NAS)<\/strong> device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intel\u2019s internal cybersecurity team discovered that Luo had <strong>first attempted to transfer data<\/strong> from his company-issued laptop to an external drive a week before his termination \u2014 an attempt that was blocked by Intel\u2019s security protocols. However, three days before his final day, Luo reportedly <strong>bypassed safeguards<\/strong> and successfully copied the data, spending his remaining days at the company <strong>downloading classified engineering and software design information<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Intel Launches Legal Action to Retrieve Stolen Data<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Intel discovered the unauthorized data transfer shortly after Luo\u2019s departure and launched a months-long investigation. The company says it made <strong>multiple attempts to contact Luo<\/strong> via phone, email, and postal letters but received no response. With Luo still <strong>untraceable<\/strong>, Intel has now filed a <strong>civil lawsuit<\/strong> demanding the <strong>return of the stolen data<\/strong> and <strong>damages<\/strong> for the breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company alleges that the stolen materials include <strong>critical design schematics, proprietary algorithms, and research documentation<\/strong>, which could cause \u201c<strong>irreparable competitive harm<\/strong>\u201d if exposed or sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Not the First Intel Insider Theft Case<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first data theft scandal involving Intel employees. In a recent case, <strong>Varun Gupta<\/strong>, a former Intel product marketing engineer, was sentenced to <strong>two years\u2019 probation<\/strong> and fined <strong>$34,000<\/strong> for stealing trade secrets later used to land a job at Microsoft. Gupta was later <strong>terminated from Microsoft<\/strong> after the theft was discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These incidents have heightened scrutiny of <strong>data protection and insider risk management<\/strong> in major tech firms, especially during <strong>large-scale layoffs<\/strong> when access privileges and employee oversight are more difficult to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major case of corporate data theft, Intel Corporation has filed a $250,000 lawsuit against a former software engineer, Jinfeng Luo, accusing him of stealing thousands of confidential files \u2014 some marked \u201cIntel Top Secret\u201d \u2014 before leaving the company in July 2024. The case underscores growing concerns around insider threats amid ongoing layoffs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1302486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5791],"class_list":["post-1302479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-intel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked &#039;Intel Top Secret&#039; - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked &#039;Intel Top Secret&#039; - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a major case of corporate data theft, Intel Corporation has filed a $250,000 lawsuit against a former software engineer, Jinfeng Luo, accusing him of stealing thousands of confidential files \u2014 some marked \u201cIntel Top Secret\u201d \u2014 before leaving the company in July 2024. The case underscores growing concerns around insider threats amid ongoing layoffs [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T01:27:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T01:27:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM-1024x573.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"573\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohul Ghosh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohul Ghosh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/\",\"name\":\"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked 'Intel Top Secret' - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-13T01:27:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T01:27:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png\",\"width\":1726,\"height\":966},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked &#8216;Intel Top Secret&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/\",\"name\":\"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\",\"description\":\"Trak.in is a popular Indian Business, Technology, Mobile &amp; Startup blog featuring trending News, views and analytical take on Technology, Business, Finance, Telecom, Mobile, startups &amp; Social Media Space\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7\",\"name\":\"Mohul Ghosh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mohul Ghosh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/author\/mohul-ghosh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked 'Intel Top Secret' - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked 'Intel Top Secret' - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","og_description":"In a major case of corporate data theft, Intel Corporation has filed a $250,000 lawsuit against a former software engineer, Jinfeng Luo, accusing him of stealing thousands of confidential files \u2014 some marked \u201cIntel Top Secret\u201d \u2014 before leaving the company in July 2024. The case underscores growing concerns around insider threats amid ongoing layoffs [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/","og_site_name":"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","article_published_time":"2025-11-13T01:27:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-13T01:27:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":573,"url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM-1024x573.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Mohul Ghosh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mohul Ghosh","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/","name":"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked 'Intel Top Secret' - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png","datePublished":"2025-11-13T01:27:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-13T01:27:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png","width":1726,"height":966},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/intel-demands-rs-2-2-crore-from-ex-employee-for-stealing-data-marked-intel-top-secret\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Intel Demands Rs 2.2 Crore From Ex-Employee For Stealing Data Marked &#8216;Intel Top Secret&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#website","url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/","name":"Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups","description":"Trak.in is a popular Indian Business, Technology, Mobile &amp; Startup blog featuring trending News, views and analytical take on Technology, Business, Finance, Telecom, Mobile, startups &amp; Social Media Space","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5092a7d2906e3f3c819643435477c2a7","name":"Mohul Ghosh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66c129d83dd3f325a3b550eb1aa16891173ddfc4686361424206cd9a01311c89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mohul Ghosh"},"url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/author\/mohul-ghosh\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2024-08-14-at-9.54.58-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302487,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302479\/revisions\/1302487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1302486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}