Since the downturn in the economy and the rise of layoffs nationwide, intellectual property theft is soaring.
Businesses surveyed by McAfee Inc. showed that companies worldwide lost an average of $4.6 million worth of intellectual property in 2008. Of the 1,000 companies surveyed, 42 percent said laid-off employees were the single biggest threat to their intellectual property and other sensitive data.
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