2025 Palantir — federal suit vs former engineers alleging Slack exfiltration to rival Percepta AI
Data compromised
Alleged proprietary code, customer-engagement documentation, and related trade-secret-class materials
Technical writeup
Palantir Technologies filed civil action in the Southern District of New York alleging two senior engineers misappropriated crown-jewel material—source code, customer workflow artifacts, and commercial playbooks—via Slack exports and personal devices while departing to help launch General Catalyst–backed Percepta AI. Coverage emphasized trade-secret and competitive-use allegations; defendants publicly denied wrongdoing. No court finding of criminal breach is implied—BreachHistory records the pleaded facts as reported.
Root cause
Alleged insider misuse of collaboration tooling and confidential archives