>be Chang Liu >senior system electrical engineer at Apple >8 years working on iphone >january 2026: leave Apple to join OpenAI >apple asks for laptop back >ignore them >lmao it’s my laptop now >within HOURS of leaving >message Yu-Ting “Alyssa” Peng, friend at Apple: Liu: “I still have another computer” >uses it to access Apple secret info >within weeks, use HER Apple work laptop >february 9: try Apple’s network storage >cloud repo of confidential engineering files >authentication bug. still works! >message Peng: “LOL, I found out I can access the [network storage], so funny” Peng: “I’m ready” >while developing hardware for OpenAI >download DOZENS of confidential files >including a thousand-plus-page compilation of technical files >including MLB (main logic board) manufacturing + testing presentations >send Peng links to Apple’s proprietary folders >point her to specific project data >coach her how to copy files “to avoid trouble with the security team” >tell her which confidential Apple materials to study before her OpenAI interview >warn her another guy “fumbled” Tang Tan’s questions about a secret Apple project >“download some info” for her to review >tell her: switch to LINE Messenger so nobody sees this >she gets the OpenAI offer, leaves Apple April 16 >meanwhile every message was left on APPLE-ISSUED WORK LAPTOPS >july 10: Apple Inc. v. Chang Liu >named first. before OpenAI. before Tang Tan LOL so funny