nuOct 13, 2026, 21:20

OpenAI employee arrested for planting hidden listening device

An OpenAI engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden eavesdropping device in the company's executive boardroom. While the suspect faces federal charges, OpenAI maintains that there is no evidence of a data breach involving source code or customer information.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi Arabian national employed as an engineer at OpenAI since July 2025, has been arrested and charged by the United States Department of Justice. Authorities allege that Alfozan planted a hidden eavesdropping device, concealed within a roll of toilet paper, behind a television in the company's executive boardroom in late September. Surveillance footage captured the engineer entering the restricted area on October 5, where he was seen inspecting the device location despite having no authorization to access the room.

OpenAI has stated that there is currently no evidence indicating that the suspect accessed or stole proprietary source code or confidential customer information. If convicted, Alfozan faces a potential prison sentence of up to five years and a fine of 250,000 dollars. This incident adds to recent scrutiny facing OpenAI regarding various security lapses, including unauthorized access to sensitive government data and the internal termination of three researchers for violating company policies regarding sensitive information handling.

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