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Meta files a lawsuit against its ex-VP of Indian descent for document theft, alleging him of business spying
Meta has leveled accusations against its ex-Vice President of Infrastructure, Dipinder Singh Khurana, claiming he pilfered secret and essential documents before decamping to a covert AI cloud computing startup. Khurana had a 12-year tenure at Meta.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, has started a lawsuit against its ex-Vice President of Infrastructure, Dipinder Singh Khurana, also recognized as T S Khurana. The lawsuit accuses him of unlawfully acquiring confidential papers before he became part of a clandestine AI cloud computing startup.
According to a Bloomberg article, Khurana was charged on February 29 in a Californian state court for allegedly violating his contract and exhibiting unfaithful behavior.
The legal action alleges that Khurana, a 12-year veteran of Meta, transferred a multitude of confidential and classified documents concerning Meta's business operations and staff to his personal Google Drive and Dropbox accounts right before he left the company. These allegedly contain information on employee salaries and performance, as well as unrevealed business contracts.
Meta claims that a minimum of eight workers, who were named in the files uploaded by Khurana, later left the firm to work at Khurana's new venture. The legal action describes Khurana's behavior during his exit from Meta and beyond as a total lack of respect for his contractual and legal obligations.
A representative from Meta underscored in a press release the firm's dedication to protecting its private data. They stressed that Meta treats such severe violations with gravity and will persist in defending its corporate and staff information.
This litigation is a part of a larger pattern where leading technology corporations are resorting to legal measures to safeguard their proprietary rights. A few weeks ago, an engineer at Google was charged with purportedly pilfering numerous discreet files housing AI proprietary information from the company.
The lawsuit started by Meta highlights the intense rivalry and substantial risks in the tech sector, especially in the areas of AI and cloud computing. With Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, directly engaged in the legal fight, this case is likely to draw considerable interest as it moves forward in the judicial system.
The result of this legal conflict could potentially have major implications for both Meta and Khurana's fresh initiative, emphasizing the need to protect intellectual property and fulfill contract terms in the intensely competitive tech industry environment.
(Incorporating information from various sources)
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