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  Saudi OpenAI Engineer Arrested Over Alleged Secret Recording Device Source:

  ahmadalgohbary.bsky.socialBluesky2d ago4▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  An OpenAI engineer has been arrested after planting recording devices in an executive conference room. The company discovered a device connected to a USB port on September 30, 2026, and utilized its own internal AI models to identify the suspect. Reports suggest the individual used a chatbot to gain instructions on building and concealing the…

  hacksgr@mastodon.socialMastodon2d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  > "Scott Schelble, special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Francisco field office, said the agency is committed to protecting sensitive research and proprietary technology."While the headlines and quotes seem designed to imply sophisticated industrial espionage, potentially by a state-level actor, what's public so far isn't adding up that way.1…

  mrandishHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Just updated our story w more deets about the OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly hiding a surveillance device in a company conference room. The FBI criminal complaint says the device was a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense; it's $14 on

  @rachelmetzX2d agoview on X ↗
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  The FBI arrested an OpenAI employee for planting a hidden recorder to capture sensitive company communications. #FBI #OpenAI #Employee #HiddenRecorder #SensitiveCompanyCommun

  intelnightowl.bsky.socialBluesky2d ago3▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  Filing: Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI staffer charged with bugging a conference room, used a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense dev board; a website sells it for $14 (Bloomberg) https://www. bloomberg.com/news/articles/20 26-10-13/openai-says-staffer-arrested-for-hidden-recording-device-in-office http://www. techmeme.com/261013/p49#a26101 3p49

  Techmeme@techhub.socialMastodon2d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  How far have we fallen? Spies used to put effort into these sorts of things.When the Soviets wanted to spy on the American embassy, they energized the steel rebars to act as antennas. The structure was so wired that the entire building was the bug. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Docume...Toilet paper, ESP-32 and Claude "make…

  areoformHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  OpenAI says an employee planted a surreptitious “sophisticated recording device” inside its offices The employee, who has been arrested and is now in federal custody, is Saudi Arabian national, per DOJ More here from @rachelmetz

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  El FBI arresta a un empleado de OpenAI acusado de colocar un dispositivo de grabación oculto en una sala de conferencias (Inglés). Vía: @techcrunch.com

  dragstersystems.bsky.socialBluesky2d agoview on Bluesky ↗
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  Have to admit I'm kinda curious if the "chatbot" the OpenAI employee used to plan out his scheme to secretly record OpenAI execs... was ChatGPT. Or did he at least switch to a competitor?

  masnick.com@bsky.brid.gyMastodon2d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  OpenAI added a camera behind the TV after they found the bug (per the AP story [1]): The company subsequently added a camera to the room that last week captured Alfozan entering and checking behind the television where the recording device was installed, according to the FBI.

  ollinHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  The nation of Saudi Arabia spied on our frauds to learn their secrets. The FBI's leading fraud tries to sound like he knows what he's talking about, and fails again. The title for the giant, thieving, collator, "super intelligence," was crafted by a corrupt loser. Where are the complete and fully redacted Epstein files the frauds in Congress…

  steter@mastodon.stevesworld.coMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  These are not very smart spies:> A chatbot account tied to Alfozan’s spouse, which shared identifiers with his own account, submitted prompts between Sept. 24 and Sept. 30 about building, installing, obscuring, and remotely accessing a recording device, prosecutors said. Queries included how to “build a continuous audio recorder” and “encrypt the…

  simonwHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  U.S. federal agents have arrested a Saudi national who was an OpenAI engineer and charged him with installing a hidden audio recording device in an executive conference room at the AI company. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/ 14/world/crime-legal/saudi-openai-fbi-arrest-bug/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon # worldnews # crimelegal…

  thejapantimes@mastodon.socialMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  It was plugged into a USB port on the back of a television in an executive conference room and had been concealed in toilet paper, the complaint says.This guy thought anyone looking at the back of a TV would see some toilet paper and just think "Yeah, that's totally normal, I'll leave that there."?Surely Spycraft 101 says "Make your device look…

  onion2kHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  [The Wall Street Journal]: Saudi National Charged With Bugging OpenAI’s Office Federal prosecutors say an OpenAI engineer concealed an encrypted audio recording device in toilet paper behind a conference-room television. By Maxwell Zeff, Oct 13, 2026 https://www. wsj.com/tech/ai/saudi-national…

  jackhutton@mstdn.socialMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  That's because in all likelihood he is not a spy. He is an agent (lol, not an AI agent) who has a handler, who is the trained specialist[1]. The agent is disposable. The handler or case officer usually but not always has diplomatic cover courtesy of a nation state.[1]

  gkrimerHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  https://www. bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti ficial-intelligence/openai-engineer-arrested-for-allegedly-planting-spy-device-in-office/ This makes me wonder if they are doing regular TSCM sweeps. This of course wasn’t broadcasting so perhaps? Then again, I can totes see these jackholes just accidentally finding it and not performing TSCM regularly…

  krypt3ia@infosec.exchangeMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  This is the part that feels the most wild to me.Someone who's objectively closest to this business should know the tracability of this. I'm shocked he didn't run a local LLM for this kind of sensitive work.He doesn't seem like an idiot either, his background shows he's been doing work in the field since 2012.I do wonder how much he was paid to…

  jjcmHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  A Saudi OpenAI engineer has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices to secretly record sensitive conversations. https://www. bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti ficial-intelligence/openai-engineer-arrested-for-allegedly-planting-spy-device-in-office/

  BleepingComputer@infosec.exchangeMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  The great Sage Altman walked up to a disciple one day who was picking stones out of the rice.“How do you know what are stones?”, he asked the boy.“Why, all the stones I see are grey and the rice is white so I simply pick out the grey objects and I’m left with rice”, answered the disciple.Pleased that his rice was free of stones, the Sage cooked…

  arjieHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  The Justice Department says an OpenAI employee, a Saudi national, plugged an audio recording device into the back of a TV in a conference room used to discuss confidential matters. He's since been fired and charged with spying: https://www. pcmag.com/news/openai-employee -arrested-for-spying-on-execs-using-hidden-recording-device

  PCMag@mastodon.socialMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  This was taken about five days after they discovered the device[0], so it appears to have been installed to catch the culprit. I was confused as well.[0]

  iancarrollHacker News2d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  An OpenAI engineer is charged over a listening device in the boardroom https:// thenextweb.com/news/openai-emp loyee-arrested-device?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into TNW - All Stories @ tnw-all-stories-thenextweb

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