Former SK Hynix employee jailed for leaking information to a Chinese firm: report
Classified information on CMOS image sensors was leaked to the Chinese firm in 2022
In August 2022, a former SK Hynix employee was sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking classified information on semiconductor manufacturing technology to a Chinese firm, according to Yonhap news agency. The Seoul High Court upheld the lower court's verdict in an appeal case, ruling that the employee had leaked sensitive information on CMOS image sensors to the Chinese company in 2022.
The court found that the ex-employee had printed out or taken photographs of documents containing trade secrets downloaded from SK Hynix's internal server, violating the company's security rules. The defendant admitted to all charges, and most of the information he took was recovered by the company. The man did not name the Chinese firm but stated that some of the information was included in a resume submitted to them.
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