Korobov Dmitry

2015: The ex-employee of "Yandex" is condemned for attempt to sell the source code

On December 24, 2015 it became known that the former employee of "Yandex" is condemned for attempt to sell for nothing the stolen source code of the search system worth billions rubles. Loss of the source code could turn back for the company long trials in courts, serious reputation costs and falling of capitalization, Kommersant writes.

According to the indictment, in March, 2015 Dmitry Korobov, still working at that time in "Yandex", copied the software containing the source code and algorithms of the search system from the server of the company. Information was loaded on the removable medium for the purpose of the subsequent transfer to the third parties.

The former employee of "Yandex" sold the key code of the searcher for the sake of a startup

The source of the newspaper, familiar with investigation, claims that the cost of kidnapped persons of the source code and algorithms of " Yandex.search " can be "billions of rubles" as this service is the basic for the Russian company.

Korobov estimated the source code at $25 thousand, and algorithms — at 250 thousand rubles. He   did not even realize the actual cost of the stolen intellectual property. The ex-employee of "Yandex" intended to spend the money gained from sale by software for development of the startup, the interlocutor of Kommersant told.

Korobov tried to sell stolen, placing declarations at the hacker forums located in the Tor anonymous network. There he also drew attention of staff of FSB.

Legal procedure on this case began on December 21, 2015 in the Tushino district court of Moscow. Dmitry Korobov is found guilty and is sentenced to two years of imprisonment conditionally.

The source code stolen by Korobov in "Yandex" was called "a key part of the company". This intellectual property as the experts polled by the edition speak, could interest any advertiser: knowing an algorithm of formation of search issue, they could make so that their websites always were on the first places.^[1]

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