A Samsung Electronics employee has apparently been arrested. The staff member was allegedly stealing trade secrets and some confidential information regarding the company, which is conducting an investigation into the matter right now.
The South Korean tech giant confirmed this news earlier this week. Reportedly, the employee might have take photographs of confidential information regarding the brand’s chipmaking processes. While Samsung stated that investigation is underway, it did not reveal any other finer details regarding this matter. A company spokesperson stated that “The person is under investigation for violating information protection rules. But it is not yet known the type of information compromised and whether the person handed it to a third party.”
As of right now, this employee was set to quit Samsung Electronics is accused of taking pictures of a computer screen that had sensitive information related to the brand’s chip fabrication process while he was working from home. He was taking a picture since the database system blocks screen capture, prompting him to use his smartphone to record the confidential information.
As per a media report, the employee had managed to photograph hundreds of trade secrets, which hints that the employee was likely taking these pictures to sell to a competitor. Notably, the chip fabrication information may have even been related to advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes, which could be related to either its cutting edge 5nm or even 3nm chips. Unfortunately, that is all the information we have to go on as of right now, so stick around for more updates.
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