What is the probability fired employees might steal from their employer?

Many ex-employees in the U.S. are walking off with companies' sensitive and confidential data when they leave their jobs, a new study has found.
And of those, most have either used or plan to use the data for their next job with another company.
"Not only is this putting customer and other confidential information at risk for a data breach, but it could affect companies' competitiveness and future revenues," said the study released Monday by the Ponemon Institute, a Michigan-based independent think-tank that researches information and privacy management practices in business and government.
Among 945 survey participants who had been laid off, fired, or changed jobs in the past year, 59 per cent admitted to taking company data with them, said the study, which as sponsored by Symantec Corp., the internet security company that makes Norton Antivirus.


Link: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/23/tech-steal-data.html