Pennsylvania State Police recovered a tractor-trailer load of stolen Apple merchandise—valued in the hundreds of thousands…
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Taiwan charges three in TSMC trade secret theft investigation
Prosecutors have charged three individuals with allegedly stealing trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.…
iPhone porch pirates arrested; allegedly used bribes to steal thousands of iPhones
In a sophisticated scheme that blended old-school corruption with modern technology, a crime ring of iPhone porch pirates managed…
Washington D.C. police commander: AirTag your $2,000 Canada Goose jacket to deter thieves
Last winter, George Washington University sent out an alert about a string of Canada Goose jacket thefts and robberies that are continuing…
Apple AirTag tracks down gravesite thieves who stole $62,000 worth of bronze vases
Hundreds of gravesites in Texas were robbed of tens of thousands of dollars worth of bronze vases, but an Apple AirTag helped police track…
NYC mayor asks people to put Apple AirTags in their cars to help find stolen vehicles
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is asking residents to use Apple AirTags to help fight vehicle theft. The mayor made the request on Sunday…
Apple’s iPhone trade-in program has a major flaw – theft in transit
Apple’s iPhone trade-in program has a major flaw: Apple relies on third-parties to collect and deliver customers’ old iPhones which…
Chinese national admits to stealing Apple autonomous vehicle trade secrets
A former Apple engineer on Monday pled guilty to criminal charges that he stole the company’s proprietary intellectual property before…
Judge paves way for damages trial in lawsuit over Apple bag checks
The judge said he was prepared to rule in favor of a class of 12,000 California Apple Store staffers for time spent during Apple bag checks…
SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch: Apple’s didn’t need to copy anyone to invent iPhone, so why did Google?
Alphabet’s Google got a mixed reception at the U.S. Supreme Court as it sought to overturn a ruling that could force the company to pay…
Apple disables and tracks looted iPhones
Apple, which has seen its stores nationwide broken into and looted, isn’t letting stolen property such as iPhones go so easily…
Apple needs to pay employees for time spent checking their bags
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Apple must pay retail store staff for the time they spend waiting for their personal bags to be checked…
Court rules Apple owes store staffers millions for off-the-clock bag checks
The Apple Store violated California law when it failed to pay employees for time they spend waiting for mandatory bag checks at the end of their shifts…
Apple has ‘deep concerns’ that ex-employees accused of stealing trade secrets will flee to China
Apple Inc on Monday told a federal court it has “deep concerns” that two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing trade secrets…
U.S. says accused thief of Apple secrets had a classified Patriot missile file
When U.S. prosecutors charged an Apple Inc. engineer, Jizhong Chen, in January with stealing trade secrets for a Chinese startup
RFID-blocking products are practically worthless. Here’s why
We’ve all heard of RFID skimming right?
How hackers and scammers break into iCloud-locked iPhones
In 2013, Apple introduced a security feature designed to make iPhones less valuable targets…
FBI filing reveals steps taken to protect Apple secrets
“We learned last week that a second Apple employee has been accused of stealing trade secrets…
From corn to Apple: The cases behind the U.S.-China standoff
To hear the Americans tell it, the Chinese have gone on a commercial crime spree, pilfering trade secrets…
Another Chinese national accused of stealing Apple autonomous vehicle trade secrets
For the second time in six months, the FBI is accusing a Chinese national…
Apple hires police to stand guard at Sacramento stores amid rash of robberies
You might see new faces at Apple stores across the Sacramento region because…
California Apple Store is robbed twice in less than 24 hours
The Apple Store crime spree continues in California…
Apple needs to publicize its retail store display device security measures to deter fruitless robberies
I’ve seen a couple of pieces recently on what appear to be increasingly frequent snatch-and-grab…
Apple inadvertently revealed its next big thing and it’s not what you think
In court documents, it’s disclosed that 5,000 Apple employees are working on…
Former Apple employee pleads not guilty in trade secret case
A former Apple Inc employee pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors filed an indictment…
Former Apple engineer faces up to 10 years in jail, $250,000 fine over the theft of autonomous vehicle secrets
A former Apple engineer stole secrets about the company’s self-driving car project…
Why Apple needs (but hates) to sue leakers
While Apple hates when people spill its secrets, it also hates having to go to court against leakers…
Criminal case reveals details of Apple’s self-driving car technology
The criminal complaint filed Monday against an ex-Apple Inc employee for allegedly stealing self-driving…
China’s XMotors claims employee did not pass along Apple autonomous driving trade secrets
Chinese-owned electric vehicle firm XMotors said on Wednesday that there is no indication…
Former Apple employee charged with criminal theft of autonomous vehicle secrets
U.S. authorities on Monday charged a former Apple Inc employee with theft of trade secrets…
Thieves steal more than $370,000 worth of new iPhones from UPS truck in San Francisco
Well, that’s one way to skip the iPhone lines..
Lawsuit revived over Apple retail workers’ pay during bag checks
Should Apple retail workers in California be paid for time spent having their purses, backpacks and other belongings…
Thieves steal $24,000 in Macs, iPads, and iPhones from Apple Store Corte Madera
Five burglars in their late teens or early 20s entered the store and grabbed…
Apple has a serious security issue as another one of its stores gets robbed
San Francisco Police Department has released footage of two recent Apple store robberies in the Bay Area…
Four arrested after vehicle smashes into Palo Alto Apple Store in brazen heist
Police have arrested four suspects after a team of thieves brazenly invaded a Peninsula Apple Store…
Flash mob teens steal over $13,000 in iPhones in less than a minute from Boston area Apple store
A group of thieves stole over $13,000 in iPhones from the Apple store in the Natick Mall…
Why Apple retail locations can remove security tethers from their demo devices
Apple’s apparent move to remove security tethers from demo devices in its retail stores…
Apple retail locations removing security tethers from iPhone display units
Apple revamped its retail stores last year by removing iPad smart signage and demoting iPod display models…
Samsung Pay flaw lets thieves remotely collect credit card credentials
Samsung Pay’s legacy point-of-sale system compatibility mode may be insecure, as a token theft…
Chinese hackers infiltrated LoopPay, whose tech is central to ‘Samsung Pay’
The hackers were inside LoopPay’s network for five months before they were discovered and the Codoso Group is known for maintaining a hidden foothold in its victims’ systems…
‘Shrinkage’ problem lands Apple in legal hot water with retail workers
A federal judge has ruled that Apple must defend a class-action trial…
Tim Cook received multiple complaints on Apple’s bag check policy
At least two Apple Inc retail store workers complained directly to CEO Tim Cook…
