Former SK Hynix Employee Jailed for Leaking Information to a Chinese Firm, Yonhap Reports
The court said the employee admitted taking documents and sharing details in a resume, while most of the stolen information was recovered.
- On Aug 9, the Seoul High Court sentenced a former Hynix employee to 18 months in jail for leaking semiconductor manufacturing technology to a Chinese company, Yonhap News Agency reported.
- The defendant, who formerly worked at Hynix's office in China, printed and photographed trade secrets from the company's internal server, admitting to all charges.
- Leaked classified information involved CMOS image sensors, a technology used for non-memory chips in smartphone cameras and laptops; most of the taken information was retrieved by the company.
- The Seoul High Court ruling upheld the lower court's sentence in an appeal case, confirming the 2022 leak of CMOS technology to the Chinese firm.
- Hynix, a semiconductor and memory chip maker, recently debuted on the Nasdaq market in New York City, highlighting ongoing security vulnerabilities for the firm.
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Business TimesFormer SK Hynix employee jailed for leaking information to a Chinese firm: Report
The Seoul High Court made the ruling in an appeal case against the defendant, upholding the lower court's sentence, for leaking classified information on so-called CMOS image sensors, a technology used for non-memory chips in smartphone cameras and laptops, to a Chinese company in 2022, Yonhap said.
Former SK Hynix employee jailed for leaking information to a Chinese firm, Yonhap reports
SEOUL, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A former employee at SK Hynix has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking information on semiconductor manufacturing technology to a Chinese firm, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. The Seoul High Court made t...
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = A former employee indicted on charges of stealing SK Hynix's trade secrets in order to move to a Chinese company was sentenced to prison in the second trial as well.
Because an ex-employee of SK Hynix spyed on Chinese companies, he goes to prison. This was confirmed in second instance in South Korea.
Yonhap News Agency reported on the 9th that the Seoul High Court recently announced that a former SK Hynix employee was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for allegedly leaking trade secrets to a Chinese company, upholding the first-instance verdict.
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