Apple says a former product design employee stole information about hardware products, unannounced features and future plans and leaked them to a journalist, breaking the …
Apple says a former product design employee stole information about hardware products, unannounced features and future plans and leaked them to a journalist, breaking the company’s nondisclosure policies and trade secrets laws. In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court of the Northern District of California, Apple outlined a working relationship between a former employee, Simon Lancaster, and an unnamed journalist. The tech giant alleges Lancaster used his access at the company to download confidential information and attend meetings specifically to forward to this media contact. Apple said he attended one of his last meetings at the company, about “Project X” as it’s called in the filing, after submitting his resignation despite being instructed by others not to attend. Apple Insider earlier reported the news.
