Kroll sues former device cleaning executives to block trade secret use

Financial advisory services provider Kroll LLC has accused two former cybersecurity executives of conspiring to poach employees and leak trade secrets to competitors, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Virginia.

Benedetto Demonte and Devon Ackerman recruited other defectors, lied to customers and wiped their devices before leaving the company, according to the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. An article in the online publication Cyber ​​Risk Insurer after their resignations was also part of a coordinated campaign by the couple and their new employer, Cybereason Inc., to take over the business, the complaint said.

The complaint said Demonte …