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# “Just updated our story w more deets about the OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly…”

Rachel Metz (@rachelmetz), X, 2026-10-14.
Source: https://x.com/rachelmetz/status/2110162620561203234

## Archived text

> Just updated our story w more deets about the OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly hiding a surveillance device in a company conference room. The FBI criminal complaint says the device was a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense; it’s $14 on https://seeedstudio.com.
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-13/openai-says-staffer-arrested-for-hidden-recording-device-in-office

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- 2026-10-13: [OpenAI engineer arrested for allegedly bugging an executive conference room](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-13-openai-employee-arrested-hidden-recording-device/)