The lawsuit was filed on February 29 in a California state court in Contra Costa County. The documents Khurana is accused of taking are said to contain sensitive information about Meta's business operations and employees. This case has not been previously reported.
Key takeaways:
- Meta Platforms Inc. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former vice presidents, Dipinder Singh Khurana, for what it describes as a "stunning" betrayal.
- Khurana, who worked at Meta for 12 years and held a senior position as VP of infrastructure, is accused of violating his contract.
- The violation allegedly occurred as Khurana was preparing to leave Meta for a "stealth" AI cloud computing startup.
- According to the complaint, Khurana took a "trove of proprietary, highly sensitive, confidential, and non-public documents about Meta’s business and employees."