I had an employee provide a resignation before I was on site. The employee then unplugged a desktop computer and left the premises with it. The computer contained pricing data, customer data, email communications, login credentials to several important websites, login info to vendor websites.
I filed a police report and the police were able to recover the computer, however the data on the machine was wiped or the drive was replaced.
What should I do?
I actually just saw something similar. Person I knew just got charged with felony computer offense and felony vandalism. Has a 40k bond. For allegedly “destroying computer files of former employee”
He worked for a business. Was hired for their social media marketing for a short period. He deleted files and withheld logins for their social media after he was fired. They alleged he destroyed personal files that resulted in 10k in loses.