On Friday, Apple dropped the bombshell news it was suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of trade secrets, claiming that OpenAI stole Apple's confidential data and engaged in efforts to learn proprietary information while recruiting former Apple employees. In accusing OpenAI of stealing secrets about Apple's unreleased products, Apple revealed that a former employee allegedly siphoned reams of sensitive files from the company's shared network folders, weeks after leaving Apple for a job at OpenAI. In its complaint, Apple says the former employee, a system electrical engineer named Chang Liu, allegedly 'exploited a rare, previously unknown authentication bug' that allowed access to the company's network. The bug is classified as a zero-day vulnerability, meaning that Apple had no time to fix it before it was allegedly exploited. Apple has since fixed the bug and said it terminated the employee's access once it learned of this 'security breach.' In its complaint, Apple said the bug...
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