Suspect in AltaVista hacking case works at Microsoft

Suspect in AltaVista hacking case works at Microsoft

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
TODD BISHOP Friday, July 9
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/181377_msftsearch09.html

A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole
proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is
a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company's
MSN Search initiative.

 ... accessed the California company's computer system in March 2002 and
June 2002, after he left AltaVista and well before he went to work for
Microsoft.
 ... source code that was used by AltaVista "to perform the function of
scouring the World Wide Web," ...

 ... confirmed that he has been working on the MSN Search effort. A
brief biography attached to a paper Chavet co-wrote on text analytics
described him as an expert "in all aspects of search technology." He
worked at IBM's Almaden Research Center after leaving AltaVista and
before joining Microsoft.

A French national, he was required to surrender his passport after his
arrest, ...

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Received on Fri Jul 9 10:08:54 2004