Former Samsung exec accused of stealing data to build copycat chip plant in China

A former executive of Samsung Electronics allegedly stole the memory chip juggernaut’s confidential semiconductor data to build a copycat chip facility in China, South Korean prosecutors said on Monday.
The 65-year-old defendant, who also previously worked for Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, has been arrested and accused of violating industrial technology protection laws and stealing trade secrets from 2018 to 2019 to establish a copy of Samsung’s semiconductor plant, just 1.5 kilometers away from Samsung chip factory in Xi’an, China.
However, the ex-Samsung exec’s attempt t

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