If we‘re honest every one of us imagine what we’d do with a few million in the bank. The yacht in 
Cannes, the private jet in Nice, possibly our own football team, and maybe a few other high maintenance accessories top our list of must-haves. But of course the question is how to get there. Working till I’m too old to enjoy it is one option but of course there is an alternative; the lottery, online poker, a rich widow, stocks and shares – increasingly risky these days – or why not simply help myself to something very valuable.
After all if I’m working in IT I probably have access to the corporate crown jewels. And that could be anything; source code for the next money spinning application that will be released, credit card details for thousands of customers. Recently a Coca-Cola employee and two accomplices were arrested in Atlanta for allegedly stealing confidential information from the Coca-Cola and trying to sell it to PepsiCo. HNS - Nine Ways to Stop Industrial Espionage
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