Former Apple Engineer Faces Charges For Stealing Autonomous Vehicle Secrets and Fleeing to China

A former Apple software engineer accessed sensitive data about the company's autonomous vehicle technology before leaving to work for a Chinese competitor.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged the former employee, Weibao Wang, with stealing trade secrets related to Apple's self-driving car project.
Wang is the third former Apple employee in recent years accused of stealing autonomous vehicle trade secrets and providing them to China.
Wang had broad access to confidential information at Apple and allegedly downloaded "large amounts" of data before quitting his job.
If convicted, Wang faces up to 10 years in prison and $2.5 million in fines for stealing intellectual property vital to U.S. economic and national security interests.