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Interesting to read that they actually fired the engineer this time. The last time this was reported (more recent than the phone proto left at the bar), Apple didn’t fire the responsible engineer. I guess that person was too important to let go.
The article says Apple claims the employee failed to report previous breaches, so maybe it’s the last of multiple strikes.
This time it was a willful and intentional leak (at least if you believe the article's version of the events), whereas the guy who left the prototype at the bar was a complete accident. It's not surprising to me that Apple would fire someone who intentionally leaked something. As for the guy who left the phone at the bar, I guess it depends on how careless and negligent you think that was.
This was not willful though. The article makes that clear.
Or perhaps there was something about this guy's actions that were grossly negligent in a way that any person would agree he effed up.