Deel, a major HR tech company valued at $12 billion, is accused of corporate espionage by competitor Rippling. The lawsuit claims Deel orchestrated a multi-month campaign to steal business information with the help of a corporate spy embedded within Rippling. This employee allegedly accessed Slack channels without legitimate interest, conducting over 6,000 searches. Rippling confirmed its suspicions by creating a honeypot Slack channel. Despite the allegations, Deel denies wrongdoing and accuses Rippling of attempting to divert attention from its own issues.
According to the suit, the alleged spying lasted over four months. During that time, the employee (identified in court documents only by the initials D.S.) is said to have "obsessively and systematically accessed Slack channels where he had no legitimate business interest," conducting more than 6,000 searches.
"The evidence in this case is undeniable," said Alex Spiro, legal counsel for Rippling, which is valued at $13 billion. "The highest levels of Deel's leadership are implicated in a brazen corporate espionage scheme, and they will be held accountable."
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