Former SEMES researcher who leaked chip cleaning technology to China gets heavier sentence on appeal
A former SEMES researcher leaked semiconductor cleaning technology to China. The former researcher's sentence was increased on appeal.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- SEMES
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of semiconductor cleaning technology
- Cause / method
- Technology leak by a former researcher
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
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- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- The sentence of the former SEMES researcher who leaked semiconductor cleaning technology to China was increased on appeal.
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