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Ten former Samsung employees arrested for industrial espionage charges for giving China chipmaker 10nm tech — executives and researchers allegedly leaked DRAM technology to China-based CXMT, resulting in trillions of losses in Korean Won

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Ten former Samsung employees have been arrested in South Korea for allegedly leaking 10-nm DRAM technology to a Chinese chipmaker, resulting in significant losses for Samsung and the Korean economy. The individuals are accused of violating the Industrial Technology Protection Act by sharing crucial technology with ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). The leak enabled CXMT to produce China's first 10-nm DRAM and advance in HBM technology. This incident is part of a broader trend of South Korean tech employees being arrested for sharing information with Chinese companies, with this case involving more individuals and sophisticated methods of information transfer.

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