Apple withdrew the case against former software engineer Andrew Aude. The company accused Aude of leaking various secret information to journalists. In the case filed in March 2024, Apple claimed that Aude had violated the company policies and transfers sensitive information, including projects such as Vision Pro and Journal application. However, the parties reached an agreement outside the court and ended the process.
In the documents submitted to the Supreme Court of California on February 6, “Aude reached an agreement with Apple to solve this issue”. Following this development, Aude made a statement through the social media platform X and apologized to the public and former colleagues.
Apple claimed that Aude had shared confidential information with various journalists, including The Wall Street Journal. In the company’s complaint, Aude has not yet been announced, an application, spatial informatics studies and Apple’s number of employees leaked information on issues such as.
Among the leaked information, Apple’s Vision Pro title and Journal was introduced in 2023. Aude’s release of a special news about Apple’s Journal application was considered as a development that strengthens the allegations.
However, the process resulted in the agreement of the parties. While the details of the agreement reached between Apple and Aude are not shared, it is estimated that the agreement may contain additional obligations that Aude does not disclose secret information.
Aude, with the end of the court process, said that leaking information was a major mistake. In his sharing on the X platform, Aude stated that he worked in Apple for eight years and that he had access to many secret information during this time and that sharing this information with journalists was seriously damaging his career.
Aude said, “At that time I wasn’t aware of it, but it was a deep and costly mistake. The professional relationships I have built over the years have been damaged and my career came out of the rail ”. In addition, the former Apple employee said he sincerely apologized to his colleagues working on secret projects in the company and said, “They deserved better.”
Apple has a strict attitude on in -house confidentiality
Apple has a very strict attitude towards protecting the privacy within the company. Previously, he had taken legal steps against his employees, supply chain elements and even some bloggers who had leaked in -house information.
It is known that large companies such as Apple have taken various measures to protect their secret projects at a time when competition and innovations increase rapidly in the world of technology. This once again revealed how sensitive technology giants have been in the access to confidential information of employees.