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The exact circumstances aren't something I'm going to talk about but involved two aspects, the sum of which led to the involvement of the FBI:
1. The kid stole our code by hacking into a backup machine we were using for awhile at our ISP, Wolfpaw. This in and of itself isn't a big deal. If he can't run it, it's of little value.
2. The kid proceeded to try and run a copy of Achaea briefly.
The FBI won't touch this sort of case unless there's at least $50,000 in actual or potential damages involved. I had to actually show them revenue documentation and so on to prove that our codebase is worth well into the 6 figures. (Really, they weren't very friendly at all. They acted as if they were doing me a favor rather than doing their freaking jobs enforcing the law.) Just from the conversations I had with the agent I was dealing with, I also don't think they would have lifted a finger had not both #1 and #2 happened, though it's possible I"m being unfair to them.
--matt
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