Apple says Andrew Aude was caught leaking the information to journalists on his company-issued iPhone. ‚Can’t wait for chaos to break out,‘ he wrote at one point.
Apple is suing a former employee for allegedly leaking company secrets to journalists in an effort to pressure the iPhone maker to abandon certain projects.
As MacRumors reports, former iOS software engineer Andrew Aude used the leaks “so he could ‘kill’ products and features with which he took issue.” The tips included sharing details about Apple’s then-secret Vision Pro headset with a non-company employee back in 2020.
According to Apple’s lawsuit, which was filed in California’s Superior Court, the company caught Aude leaking the information through his Apple-issued iPhone. The lawsuit even contains a screenshot of a text he allegedly sent to a Wall Street Journal reporter. “Can’t wait for chaos to break out before Apple corporate people even wake up,” Aude allegedly wrote at one point.
