Former Apple Engineer Charged with Stealing Self-Driving Car Technology for China

Former Apple Engineer Charged with Stealing Self-Driving Car Technology for China

Weibao Wang, a former Apple engineer, has been charged with stealing proprietary self-driving car technology files while secretly working for a Chinese company. Prosecutors accuse Wang of six counts of theft or attempted theft of trade secrets related to the source code for the software and hardware behind Apple's self-driving systems.

This marks the third case of an ex-Apple employee being accused of stealing autonomous tech secrets for China. Wang left Apple in 2018, and an analysis of his seized devices revealed a significant amount of Apple data related to self-driving car technology.

How can technology companies better protect their trade secrets and intellectual property from being stolen or leaked to competitors, especially in cases involving employees with access to sensitive information?