Samsung chip tech leaker indicted under physical detention

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office indicted an ex-Samsung employee surnamed Kim. He has been indicted under physical detention on charges of violating the industrial technology protection law over leaking Samsung’s chip tech to a China-based firm.

Report says that Kim is accused of having stolen Samsung’s info on the manufacturing of the 18-nano DRAM semiconductor, and transferred it to Chinese semiconductor manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) to be used for its product development.

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Prosecutors suspect Kim handed data on 7 key techs in chip manufacturing and others over to CXMT in return for millions of dollars when he moved to the Chinese firm in 2016. Kim is also suspected of having some 20 technicians from Samsung and other firms move CXMT.

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