Apple Watches Oppo Spy Game: USB Heist Edition
In an epic corporate cloak-and-dagger, Apple is suing Dr. Chen Shi, a former Apple Watch team sensor system architect, for allegedly stealing 'trade secrets relating to Apple Watch' and sharing them with Oppo. Shi reportedly attended 'dozens' of meetings to absorb intel and even downloaded 63 documents from a protected folder onto a USB drive. Messages on his Apple-issued iPhone revealed he aimed to 'collect as much information as possible' for Oppo, which apparently encouraged the operation. Meanwhile, Oppoâs mailbox was too full to answer inquiriesâbecause when youâre caught red-handed, just ghost the press!
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(1 of 3)Nothing screams corporate espionage like Googling 'how to wipe out macbook' from your work laptop while downloading secret files onto a USB drive. Dr. Shi, taking job switching to a full-contact spy movie level.
Who needs James Bond when you have Apple engineers browsing 'Can somebody see if Iâve opened a file' right before they jump ship? Corporate spying: the new office sport.
Apple accusing Oppo and Dr. Shi of espionage while their email bounces for being full sounds like the punchline of a very expensive tech sitcom.
Source: Theverge | Published: 8/22/2025 | Author: Jay Peters
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