Asked by julie

A web developer overhears an executive’s username and password, and then uses it to download the company’s secret chocolate-chip cookie recipe. He makes the cookies at home and posts the recipe on his blog.

identity theft

corporate espionage

software piracy

sale of trade secrets

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
corporate espionage

He used stolen credentials to access and steal a company's secret recipe (a trade secret) for the purpose of disclosing it — classic corporate espionage rather than software piracy or sale of trade secrets.