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OpenAI Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting Hidden Recorder in Executive Conference Room

The Hacker News · Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 01:59 (4h ago) · Original article ↗

A Saudi National and employee of OpenAI has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices to covertly record sensitive conversations.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, has been charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. He was arrested by

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