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Chloe Taylor

Nvidia sued after senior employee accidentally showed off confidential files taken from previous employer during a video meeting

A man is seen taking part in a virtual work meeting. (Credit: Getty Images)

Nvidia is in hot water after one of its software engineers accidentally let a rival company—and his former employer—in on a secret: that he stole its top-secret research and took it to the trillion-dollar tech giant.

During a video call with automotive tech firm Valeo last year, the engineer, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, made a blunder when he shared his screen and showed his ex-colleagues some source code that they immediately recognized as their own.

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