An exclusive Grayzone investigation exposes how Britain’s top spying agency secretly influences the country’s state broadcaster
Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5. By Kit Klarenberg This June, British oligarch Damon Buffini stepped down as deputy chair of the BBC’s board, and chair of the broadcaster’s commercial board. His four year tenure was warmly praised by the BBC board’s chair for the “record profits” generated by the broadcaster’s commercial wings. While mainstream reports on Buffini’s time at the BBC reference his background at the upper echelons of private equity giant Permira, the multi-millionaire’s relationship with a much…Open
The piece alleges, among other things, that Bisignano used his authority over the security department and position to access sensitive information and internal communications without a business justification.
‘Apple has uncovered a pattern of theft of Apple’s trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple’
Apple sued artificial intelligence giant OpenAI on Friday over alleged trade secret theft. Apple alleges in a court filing it is now “clear” that, at “every level, from members of its Technical Staff to its Chief Hardware Officer, and in coordination with business partners,” OpenAI has been stealing “trade secrets and confidential information” from Apple. The lawsuit also claims that “as a natural result, OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets.” (RELATED: Here Are 4 Major Lawsuits That Have Shaped The Artificial Intelligence Debate) Neither Apple nor OpenAI immediately responded to the Daily Caller News…Open
Apple has filed a federal lawsuit accusing OpenAI of misappropriating confidential information through former Apple employees.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Apple has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company engaged in “a pattern of theft” of trade secrets by hiring former Apple employees. The lawsuit claims OpenAI and its recent acquisition, io Products, exploited confidential Apple information to advance their hardware efforts, alleging the business “rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets.” DETAIL: The lawsuit names two former Apple employees, Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan, who allegedly accessed sensitive company information before joining OpenAI. Apple accuses OpenAI of using this information as part of a broader strategy to enter the consumer hardware…Open
Published February 22, 2025 A federal grand jury has indicted three engineers for stealing hundreds of confidential files from Google and other tech giants, then smuggling the sensitive data to Iran. Three engineers based in [...]
The defendants allegedly used their employment to obtain access to confidential and sensitive information, which they exfiltrated to unauthorized third-party and personal locations and to Iran.
