OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room

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An OpenAI engineer has been arrested on suspicion of hiding an audio recording device in an executive conference room at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested Friday and charged with using or attempting to use a device to intercept oral communications. An unattended bag found in the company’s offices contained Alfozan’s wallet and identification, as well as a recording device, according to the U. S. attorney’s office in San Francisco. Alfozan has worked as an engineer at OpenAI since July 2025, prosecutors said. OpenAI personnel found the device Sept.

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