Should data thieves be compensated?

By Tom Fox2016-06-03T09:00:00

Under what circumstances should you reward a data thief who exposes criminal activity? Tom Fox looks at the case of Hervé Falciani, who was employed at the bank HSBC and stole the list of persons who banked there, including those who did so to engage in tax evasion.

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