Apple Data Breach (2018)

A former Apple engineer who worked on driverless car technology was arrested on his way to start a new job in China with autonomous vehicle start-up Xiaopeng Motors – a Guangzhou-based company also known as XMotors – Apple charged in federal court on Monday. A criminal complaint charged the former employee, Xiaolang Zhang, with stealing trade secrets and accused him of downloading a blueprint related to autonomous cars to a personal laptop before trying to board a last-minute flight.