You don’t think that 32MB of data was worth way more?[/quote]
Not if you’re a dumbass and try to steal it the way he did. You’re bound to get caught. Also, not if you have a family with 3 kids.
Come on, of course there’s going to be a shell log and network log if he actually tried to upload it to a remote server.
Next, I’d say one would need to duplicate not just the trading program but also the raw hardware. Even with this software, did he think he can run this on his desktop and execute faster than GS’ arsonal of server banks?
The dude is royally fvcked though. He’s probably looking at least a decade in jail. What would be funny is if you find this trading code on some filesharing website like Kazaa.
If he got just the executable, it’s probably not going to be as useful outside the company..Unless it was writen on an interpreted language, which could easily be decompiled..At which point, you have to wonder WTF was GS doing to put this on something like Perl? If he actually got the source code, then you have to wonder WTF did this person have access to it in it’s entirety?
Either way, GS’ I.T. department gets an F-.
