The old school equivalent would be to rent a U-Haul on your last day at work and fill it with a dozen file drawers full of confidential docs (that you’ve been photocopying for weeks in plain sight) from your boss’ office...
Actually in the old days it was being given a backup tape in the parking lot in exchange for an envelope of money.
I’m referring to the Cadence vs Avanti trade secret theft in the early 2000s. This was in the EDA (Electronic Design automation, electrical engineering software) industry. See this article for a very brief review of the 6 years of legal wrangling.
Is this how they rolled back in the old days?