Former SK Hynix Employee Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Prison in Appeal for Leaking Trade Secrets to Chinese Firm

Former SK Hynix employee sentenced to 18 months for leaking chip technology to a Chinese firm

A Seoul High Court upheld an 18-month prison sentence for a former SK Hynix employee who leaked trade secrets related to CMOS image sensor technology to a Chinese company in 2022. The ruling came in an appeal case involving violations of South Korea's Act on Prevention of Divulgence and Protection of Industrial Technology.