Apple Sues Former Employee For Leaking Vision Pro, Journal App Details To Media
Tech giant Apple is also one of the most secretive companies in the world and unlike many competitors, the iPhone maker doesn't even publicly acknowledge the development of its products until they are market-ready.
Apple has also taken a strict approach against 'leaks' where company insiders pass on product-related information to the media.
Apple sues ex-employee for leaks
Now Apple has taken an ex-employee to court for allegedly leaking ¡°information about more than a half-dozen different Apple policies and products" the the media.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Aude, a former iOS engineer who allegedly leaked regulatory compliance strategies, employee headcounts, and other product hardware characteristics.
The leaks included details about Apple¡¯s then-unreleased Journal app, Apple¡¯s ¡°development of products within the spatial computing space,¡± and more.
Andrew Aude had access?
According to the lawsuit filed ten days ago at a California state court, Aude had access to secretive information because he worked as an iOS engineer whose main responsibility was optimizing battery performance.?
Apple, in its lawsuit, alleged that Aude often took and saved screenshots of his communications on his Apple-issued work iPhone to preserve them for posterity.¡±
The role of Aude who joined Apple in 2016, in these leaks only came to light in 2023.
Using Signal on work-iPhone
According to Apple, Aude was using the encrypted Signal App on his company-issued iPhone to store and pass on the leaks.
In November 2023, initially, when he was questioned about his activities in a meeting, Aude denied the allegations. He also allegedly used the excuse of using the bathroom to quickly delete the signal app and the data from his company-issued iPhone.
However, in December 2023, Aude admitted that he leaked information about Apple¡¯s strategies for regulatory compliance, unannounced products, development policies, and hardware characteristics of certain released products to at least two journalists.
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