OpenAI employee arrested for planting listening device
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OpenAI, FBI
San Francisco, USA
September 30, 2026
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An OpenAI engineer was arrested by the FBI for planting a listening device in a San Francisco office. The device was discovered on September 30 behind a television in an executive conference room. There is no evidence that sensitive data or source code was compromised.
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