FBI. A few months ago, an Apple employee was arrested for stealing internal documents from the company, which described the technology developed for autonomous guidance systems for cars, including those from Cupertino. The FBI then arrested the former Apple employee, a Chinese citizen who sold the information to a Chinese company, and now another is accused of exactly the same thing, a sign that things are very far from the end.
FBI. American federal agency announced today that another Chinese citizen has been indicted for attempting to steal industrial secrets from the Apple company, also from the division that develops the smart car. This is the second time in less than 1 year that we see such a move made by the FBI in relation to the Apple project for the development of a car, but also of some technologies to make a commonplace car into an intelligent one, maybe even electric.
The FBI continues to uncover Apple employees stealing technology from Cupertino
FBI. According to the investigation carried out by the federal agents, the Chinese citizen was employed in the summer at the Apple company, and since then he started stealing confidential information that he transmitted, most likely, also in China. The Chinese was seen by other Apple employees while taking pictures in the laboratory where he worked, but also with various equipment used there, also stealing confidential documents, which he stored in a private HDD, confiscated by the FBI .
The Federal Bureau of Investigation accused an Apple employee, who is a Chinese citizen, of attempting to steal trade secrets related to the company's autonomous car project. After fellow employees spotted him taking photographs of the workspace where the project takes place, the FBI says Chen told Apple's global security team that he backed up his work computer to a personal hard drive and computer. Apple's team found Chen had "over two thousand files containing confidential and proprietary Apple material, including manuals, schematics, and diagrams," according to the indictment. They also found "hundreds" of photographs of computer screens with sensitive company information displayed, including some that were clearly of his own laptop.
FBI. The employee had more than 2000 confidential Apple documents, with various manuals, schematics and diagrams regarding the projects developed there, plus hundreds of photos and screenshots taken in the laboratory. The FBI managed to arrest the man just before he fled to China, just as happened in the previous case, he risked a prison sentence of up to 10 years, but also a fine of up to 250.000 dollars, because his actions.
