Nortel turned to RCMP about cyber hacking in 2004, ex-employee says

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/nortel-turned-to-rcmp-about-cyber-hacking-in-2004-ex-employee-says/article2340002/

By Iain Marlow
Globe and Mail
Feb. 15, 2012

Nortel Networks Corp. approached the RCMP about Chinese industrial 
espionage in 2004 but got no help from Canadian law enforcement or 
intelligence agencies, according to a former employee concerned about 
the theft of valuable intellectual property.

Brian Shields, a 19-year Nortel veteran who served as a senior systems 
security adviser, told The Globe and Mail that the company received 
little help from security agencies and was only approached by the 
Canadian Security Intelligence Service shortly before Nortel filed for 
bankruptcy in 2009.

“This is a side of the story that, in Canada, needs to be told – the 
lack of support from Canadian law enforcement, who we went to in 2004,” 
Mr. Shields said. “We went to the RCMP and turned everything over … 
There was no help. CSIS came to us in 2009, finally, five years later, 
to offer to help just before the bankruptcy announcement … Like, where 
have you guys been?”

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that it found no record of the 
Nortel computer hacking complaint but that it would likely have been 
“purged” from internal records if the case did not result in charges. 
CSIS declined to comment.

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