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Company secrets in the hands of competitors? Sabotage of internal information carriers? Deletion of important data by unknown perpetrators? In cases of digital attacks on businesses and private individuals, our trained IT experts in the Rhine-Neckar region provide support for crime investigation and future prevention: +49 621 9535 4001.

Digitalization as a Catalyst for Corporate Espionage

Over the past twenty years, the theft of company data has reached a new dimension with unforeseeable consequences. Until the end of the last century, methods for obtaining corporate secrets were largely limited to eavesdropping, burglary, or the infiltration of industrial spies. Today, international digital networking via the Internet opens the door to data theft. Careless handling of company computers by employees unfamiliar with Internet risks, combined with often insufficient security measures, makes it easy for data thieves to implement spyware and siphon off the desired company information.

 

Our IT specialists in Mannheim help secure your systems. We detect existing vulnerabilities as well as installed spyware and malware, and provide comprehensive advice on optimizing IT protection. Contact the IT service of the Kurtz Detective Agency Rhine-Neckar via our contact form or by phone: +49 621 9535 4001.

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Both internal actors (employees, contractors, business partners, etc.) and external perpetrators (hackers) threaten IT structures and the data security of modern companies. Private individuals are also affected.

Three Principal Perpetrator Groups

Competitors | Corporate Spies

Installed spyware allows the user to access system-internal data, often including screen mirroring and data manipulation. The perpetrators or their clients are usually competitors seeking an unfair business advantage. For companies that have invested years in developing new products, the resulting damage can be enormous.

Extortionists | Independent Hackers

There are also independent actors who are not interested in using the data but in extortion: the system is blocked by malware, and the hacker lifts the restriction only after the demanded ransom is paid. Even after payment, the risk remains that the extortionist may repeat the attack if IT protection is not optimized.

Own Employees

The third group consists of internal staff: employees or external service providers who intentionally harm the company or use data for their own purposes, for example, if they secretly work in the same industry and compete with you.

Data Recovery and Perpetrator Identification

Our trained IT forensic specialists for Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, and the wider regions of Rhineland-Palatinate, southern Hesse, and Baden can often reconstruct lost files and track the path of the malware, allowing us to identify the perpetrator in a legally admissible manner. The sooner our IT experts are involved, the higher the probability of fully recovering the data and successfully tracing the attacker.

 

For a non-binding inquiry, please send us an email at kontakt@kurtz-detektei-mannheim.de or call us: +49 621 9535 4001.