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While most organizations have implemented [[Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] and [[intrusion-detection system]]s, very few take into account the threat from the average [[employee]] that copies [[Property|proprietary]] data for personal gain or use by another company.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} A common scenario is where a sales person makes a copy of the contact [[database]] for use in their next job. Typically, this is a clear violation of their terms of employment.
 
Notable acts of data theft by a self-proclaimed whistleblower have been done by: [[BradleyChelsea Manning]], [[Edward Snowden]] and [[Hervé Falciani]].
 
==Data theft methods==