I had an employee provide a resignation before I was on site. The employee then unplugged a desktop computer and left the premises with it. The computer contained pricing data, customer data, email communications, login credentials to several important websites, login info to vendor websites.
I filed a police report and the police were able to recover the computer, however the data on the machine was wiped or the drive was replaced.
What should I do?
Irrelevant to the issue of what to do with the employee. He could use what he took to start a competitive firm. But yes, I believe I have the ability to recreate what was lost.