Last year, Apple sued former engineer Andrew Aude for leaking company secrets to reporters from The Information and the Wall Street Journal. The case was dropped and Aude issued a public apology through his X account to Apple and employees for revealing company secrets. So, what should you know about it?
For your information, his career as a developer was severely affected after his activities were discovered by Apple and he was subsequently fired. He regrets it and says his actions were completely unworthy.
I spent nearly eight years as a software engineer at Apple. During that time, I was given access to sensitive internal Apple information, including what were then unreleased products and features. But instead of keeping this information secret, I made the mistake of sharing this…
— Andy Aude (@andyaude1) February 6, 2025
Before being fired, Aude worked as an iOS developer at Apple and leaked information for several years. Among the leaks were the Journal feature, and information about the development of Vision Pro. Thousands of messages sent were successfully traced to Aude's device, which was provided by Apple for work use.
His activities were first noticed in July 2023 and she was directed to meet with management. During the session, Aude attempted to delete evidence on the Signal app she used to contact journalists.
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