#corporate-espionage

#corporate-espionage

"We are going to tear apart HI. It's going to be the easiest thing to do." That's Brandon Sterri texting his brothers on January 29. According to the complaint, Brandon and his brother Brian were, at that moment, still drawing paychecks from Human Interest, still logging into their company-issued laptops every morning beneath reminders that access was "limited to authorized personnel," and that they'd agreed "to protect confidential data."

Now the latest development is a lawsuit over corporate espionage in the AI industry. The AI data labeling company, which has provided training data to fuel many of the industry's leading AI models, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a former employee, Eugene Ling, and his current employer, Mercor, which is one of Scale's key competitors. Scale alleged that Ling, who was its head of engagement management, stole more than 100 confidential documents that contained proprietary information and company strategies for managing customers.

Former chief justice Frank Clarke has issued a legal opinion analyzing the circumstances surrounding the recruitment of a payroll manager by Rippling, who is accused of espionage.

OpenAI is implementing enhanced security measures to safeguard its intellectual property from corporate espionage, largely prompted by the release of a competing model by Chinese startup DeepSeek.

This case is about a criminal syndicate that operated from the shadows of a multibillion-dollar technology company - Deel.

Deel's countersuit against Rippling paints the company and its CEO as motivated by jealousy, alleging a campaign to harm Deel's reputation amid accusations of corporate espionage.

Keith O'Brien expressed his concerns regarding the influence of those involved in corporate espionage, emphasizing the significant power and wealth they wield, which leaves him feeling vulnerable.