Alex Kibkalo was arrested by FBI recently. He is an ex-Microsoft_employee and the reason he was arrested was pretty simple, he_was the one who leaked pre-release_Windows 8 builds to a_blogger in 2012._He is now facing federal criminal charges following a allegations that he stole trade secrets. He was also the person who leaked_“Activation Server Software Development Kit,” a propriety system that is used by Microsoft and its OEN partners to prevent the unauthorized copying of Microsoft_programs. Here’s how they caught him, According to charging papers, the blogger posted screenshots of a pre-release version of Windows 8, presumably due to Kibkalo’s_leak. On Sept. 3, 2012, the blogger sent the stolen software development kit code to a Microsoft employee asking that he or she verify it, the FBI agent said in court papers. The worker went to a Microsoft executive_instead. The code was later confirmed to be authentic, prompting corporate investigators to dredge the Hotmail account the blogger used to contact the Microsoft worker. While the blogger took pains to protect his...

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