Charged for stealing Coca Cola secrets

It's all about the competition! Pepsi and Coke have been a huge rival since the beginning but never did anyone think it would come down to stealing files for one another. Pepsi stated that these people would do what anyone else to do because it's all about competition. Three people have been accussed of stealing and trading off secret about Coca Cola products, what is the world coming to? How can we stop this from happening, each company is equally successful, so why do they need to get information from one another?