Love to play computer games On July 11, Reuters reported that on Tuesday, a former Apple employee named Zhang Xiaolang was accused by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of stealing trade secrets. Zhang Xiaolang was accused of downloading the confidential blueprint of Apple's automated driving technology to his laptop and preparing to flee the United States.

It is reported that Zhang Xiaolang joined Apple in 2015 and was responsible for developing software and hardware related to autonomous cars. He worked in the company's computing department, mainly designing and testing circuit boards, and then analyzing sensor data.

It is reported that in April this year, Zhang Xiaolang's family welcomed a new baby, so he took paternity leave and accompanied his family to China. After returning to the United States at the end of April, he said to his boss that he was ready to resign to work in Xiaopeng Auto in China.

Zhang Xiaolang has access to many secret information and patents of Apple's driverless technology, so his boss reported the matter to Apple's security officer. FBI According to the documents submitted to the Northern District Court of California, Apple found that Zhang Xiaolang had conducted a large-scale search of Apple's secret database. On April 28, when he was supposed to take paternity leave, Zhang Xiaolang also came to Apple's office area and took away the circuit board and a computer server from the autonomous driving car laboratory. At that time, colleagues showed him a chip unique to Apple.

It should be noted that the indictment does not indicate whether this chip is related to automatic driving technology. FBI detectives interrogated Zhang Xiaolang on June 27 and searched his residence at the same time. Later, FBI detectives detained Zhang Xiaolang at the airport after learning that Zhang Xiaolang had ordered a round-trip ticket to China.

Zhang Xiaolang said that he took the relevant hardware to transfer to another position at Apple, and these hardware can help.

Apple said: "Apple attaches great importance to and protects our intellectual property rights. We are cooperating with the authorities on this case, and will do everything possible to ensure that the individuals involved are responsible for their actions." The relevant departments of the United States said that Zhang Xiaolang will be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, with a fine of 250000 dollars.

Xiaopeng Auto said in a statement this morning that Zhang Xiaolang signed the intellectual property compliance document on the day he joined in early May, and there was no record showing that he reported any sensitive and illegal situations to Xiaopeng Auto. Xiaopeng Auto has sealed Zhang Xiaolang's computer and office supplies, and said that it did not know about this matter and did not participate in it. It will actively cooperate with the investigation of this matter.

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