Apple threatens leakers with criminal action in leaked memo – report

Company reportedly told employees it 'caught 29 leakers' last year and 12 were arrested, according to memo obtained by Bloomberg

Apple reportedly warned employees in an internal memo that it "caught 29 leakers" last year and that 12 were arrested, adding that workers who disclose information to the media have "everything to lose".

The memo about leaking, which was leaked to Bloomberg and published on Friday, threatened employees with criminal consequences and shines a harsh light on the Silicon Valley company's aggressive surveillance of its own employees and intensive investigative efforts to catch and punish leakers.