Classified information

Apple engineers deal with a lot of confidential information, but leaking those secrets could land you in jail. Xiaolang Zhang was sentenced to 120 days in prison this week after being convicted of stealing Apple’s self-driving car technology, according to California court filings first reported by 9to5Mac Thursday. The former Apple engineer will also pay over $140,000 for attempting to hand Apple’s classified data to a Chinese competitor.The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for HalloweenZhang worked on “Project Titan,” the…

Last week, the U.S. government arrested a man accused of one the worst leaks of national security material in years. He’s not exactly Edward Snowden, though.According to federal prosecutors, the person responsible for leaking sensitive Pentagon material was none other than Jack Teixeira, a fresh-faced 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Despite his youth, Teixiera was given a clearance to handle “Top Secret” compartmented information, a responsibility federal officials say he abused to…

Photo: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of FloridaThe first thing you notice is the hideous carpet. You could probably spill a whole pot of coffee on it and no one would notice. Next you’re wondering what that weird handle on the wall is for. It almost looks like a film still. Like Clint Eastwood might be standing there, looking down at some ransacked office, about to say something incredibly obvious. “They must’ve been looking for something.”On the floor, there’s six piles of paperclip-bound documents. One…

Journalists gather outside the Paul S. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla., to read a heavily blackout document released by The Justice Department Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.Photo: Jim Rassol (AP)A redacted version of the affidavit justifying the FBI’s extraordinary actions at Mar-a-Lago has been released to the public on the order of a federal magistrate judge. It contains multiple references to suspicion that Trump potentially had information in his residence that is specially…

A search warrant for former President’s Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence unsealed by a federal judge on Aug. 12, 2022 indicates the FBI seized highly classified materials, including some above “top secret”. Screenshot: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of FloridaA federal judge in Florida has unsealed the search warrant served on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago estate Monday in what Justice Department officials said was an attempt by the FBI to reclaim classified materials improperly removed from the…