59 percent of ex-employees admitted to stealing confidential company information. The most commonly taken data included e-mail lists, employee records, customer information. Officials expect the trend to continue, if not worsen, as the economy deteriorates and layoffs increase. Twenty-four percent of respondents said they still had access to their employer’s computer system or network after they left the company.Legally, corporations could take action against terminated employees who make off with sensitive data, but “most enterprises aren’t interested in suing people””]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/terminated-employees-take-company-data-with-them