An HR company says it used a Slack trap to catch a corporate spy

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• The HR software company Rippling is suing Deel, alleging it used a spy to steal company secrets.
• The lawsuit says Rippling caught the spy through a honeypot email to Deel's top leaders.
• It alleges the man locked himself in a bathroom when approached with a court order.

The executives at Rippling had a problem.