South Korean police have arrested two former Samsung executives suspected of leaking Samsung secrets worth $3.2 billion to China. The authorities reported that one of the arrested suspects, 66-year-old Mr. Choi, set up a joint venture building chips in China alongside some local officials and served as its CEO (via Bloomberg). He was allegedly assisted by a plant designer, Mr. Oh, in this venture, while he also attempted to recruit other South Korean experts to work for him.

  • aleq@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Good they got caught, good that they leaked important tech from the walled garden of Samsung. All around fantastic news.

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      2 months ago

      too bad they got leaked to china where they will remain

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        2 months ago

        idk, China is pretty good at providing cheap electronics at least. But certainly would be better if they were more properly leaked.

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        2 months ago

        I feel like you could eventually buy the specs off ali baba after every factory gets their hands on it lol