Three Accused of Stealing TSMC Chip Secrets to Aid Japanese Supplier

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Three Accused of Stealing TSMC Chip Secrets to Aid Japanese Supplier
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Prosecutors in Taiwan indicted three people in a case about sensitive chip technology, alleging they stole information from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to help one of TSMC’s top equipment suppliers, Tokyo Electron win more orders. Prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing the indictments that the alleged theft was aimed at helping Tokyo Electron compete for contracts. Taiwanese prosecutors said a former TSMC employee, identified only by surname Chen, obtained sensitive files from former colleagues to benefit Tokyo Electron after joining the Japanese company’s marketing division.

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