Dublin-based technology development company Steorn has revealed that their offices had been bugged by an unknown party. Steorn, itself having stirred up controversy with the announcement of their "Orbo" technology, a source of "free, clean and constant energy": while it is being dismissed as violating the laws of the conservation of energy, it has apparently been independently validated by other sources.

The discovery of the surveillance devices — a series of 5 pinhole cameras, embedded in the office’s wall conduits — was made when an employee was installing a power cable for a new piece of equipment. The affected room was used for brainstorming sessions, and contained a whiteboard used to illustrate their ideas.
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