Departing Deutsche Bahn CEO, Hartmut Mehdorn had been vocal about holding firm to his job up through late March, but the scandal surrounding DB's surveillance of over 200,000 workers took only a little over a month to engulf him. An official announcement of who will be named to replace Mehdorn is expected within days. The German government has already indicated its preferred pick to run the state rail company.

Get further details on the Mehdorn departure via Bloomberg.

-- MDT

Labels: corporate spying, Deutsche Bahn, Hartmut Mehdorn

Unlike the similar situations at Deutsche Telekom and railway, Deutsche Bahn, the folks at Lufthansa seemed to handle their overzealous investigation via their own security department, rather than seeking outside assistance.
Get the details, via Spiegel.

Labels: Control Risks, corporate spying, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa