OpenAI 一名工程师因涉嫌在会议室安装窃听设备被捕
OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference room
OpenAI 一名 35 岁工程师 Abdulrahman Alfozan 因涉嫌在公司办公室安装窃听设备被捕，被控使用或试图使用设备截取口头通信。OpenAI 称其模型帮助识别出该设备由一名特定员工在数天前放置，设备被发现插在行政会议室电视的 USB 接口上，公司已解雇该员工并将事件移交 FBI。OpenAI 表示目前没有迹象显示此人曾不当访问或外泄模型权重、源代码或客户数据。
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An OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company said it discovered a “sophisticated recording device” hidden in one of its offices. The employee, 35-year-old Abdulrahman Alfozan, is charged with using or attempting to use a device to intercept oral communications, according to a report from The San Francisco Standard.
OpenAI’s post about the incident says it used its AI models to “understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier.”
As reported by The San Francisco Standard, OpenAI found the device plugged into a TV’s USB port in an executive conference room. The device was reportedly covered in toilet paper and installed on or around September 28th.
OpenAI says it fired the employee and referred the incident to the FBI. According to the Standard, he was arrested Friday and has remained in custody since, appearing in federal court for the first time on Tuesday.
We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices. We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and we’re grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest. The FBI’s investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work.
At this time, we have no indications of this individual inappropriately accessing or exfiltrating model weights, source code, or customer data. The employee was terminated.
We take protecting our technology, data, and people seriously, and as a matter of national importance. Our security program is designed to protect against a wide range of threat actors, from insider risks to cybercriminals to nation states, and this case is an example of how AI can help address these sophisticated security threats.
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来源：The Verge · AI · theverge.com