Deel CEO Implicated in Corporate Espionage as Spy Admits to Theft of Rippling Trade Secrets

Deel’s comms chief departs amidst spying lawsuit from Rippling

Elisabeth Diana, head of communications at human resources Deel, is no longer with the company, according to her LinkedIn profile. Bloomberg first reported the news that Diana had resigned from Deel, which was recently accused of planting a spy at rival company Rippling. TechCrunch reached out to Diana but had not heard back at the time of publication. Her LinkedIn profile shows that she started working at Deel (whose CEO Alex Bouaziz is picture…

Deel’s Communications Chief Resigns as Spying Scandal Escalates

The $12 billion HR startup has been accused of corporate espionage by a competitor.

Ex-Rippling worker confessed he spied on employer for rival firm Deel — and was paid $5K a month to ‘be like James Bond’

Keith O'Brien, an employer of the San Francisco-based company Rippling, said he was recruited to spy on his employer by the head of a rival firm.

‘James Bond’ style spying operation allegedly targeted Bay Area tech firm’s trade secrets

A man alleged in a lawsuit to be a corporate spy who stole secrets from a Bay Area technology firm on behalf of its arch rival says in a court filing that the plan was hatched as a James Bond-style operation. Heavyweight workforce-management software startups Rippling and Deel are locked in a legal battle over claims by Rippling that Deel cultivated a spy in its Irish office who was caught with a “honeypot” trap. The San Francisco companies, acc…

Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in Rippling espionage

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Spies and Lies: Inside the Nastiest Fight in Fintech

A cell phone destroyed with an axe, a James Bond reference, and a mysterious figure called the Watchman. An Irish court filing reveals how a corporate spy allegedly fed information to Deel from deep within rival Rippling.