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In the race for Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is a war for supremacy among the big companies around the world. Meanwhile, the leading company in the AI field OpenAI A major security lapse and a highly sensational case of espionage has come to light from the San Francisco-based main office of the company. According to information provided by the US Justice Department and the Federal Prosecutor, a 35-year-old engineer from Saudi Arabia has been arrested for spying by hiding a secret recording device in the company’s office.
The recording device was hidden behind the television in the conference room.
There has been a stir in the tech world after the disclosure of this high-profile case. According to federal investigation agencies, the accused engineer has been identified as Abdul Rehman Alfojan, who was working at OpenAI since July 2025. The accused had wrapped an advanced USB recording device in toilet paper and cleverly hidden it behind a television in the company’s sensitive ‘executive conference room’.
The security teams came to the attention of CCTV cameras when Alfozan was seen roaming around the conference room in suspicious circumstances, even though he had no permission to attend the high-level meetings held there. The security team recovered this secret device late last month, after which it was immediately reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Sensitive data and location tracking was being spied on
The investigation report also revealed that the accused engineer had misused a special ‘productivity tool’ to collect sensitive and confidential information such as OpenAI’s buildings, confidential meeting rooms, calendars, meeting schedules and location tracking of senior officials. However, the investigating agencies are still investigating in depth whether this secret recording device was successful in sending out any kind of confidential information or not.
Officials said that when a chatbot account belonging to the spouse of the accused was digitally examined, search history of methods related to remote audio recording and encrypting memory card data was also found in it. Under this serious crime, a case has been registered against the accused for spying on secret meetings through electronic devices. If proven guilty, he may face a jail term of up to five years and a heavy fine. In this case, the accused Abdul Rahman Alfozan will be presented before the Federal Court hearing on October 19.
OpenAI gave official clarification
After this entire incident came to light, an official statement has been issued by OpenAI. The company has clarified that based on initial investigation and assessment, there is no indication yet that this person has illegally accessed or stolen the company’s AI model weights, source code or any customer data. However, after this incident, the debate regarding internal security and background verification of employees in tech companies has once again intensified.