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This is a very interesting read over at The New York Times, which is archived here. The basics of the case outline that Micron former employees stole confidential memory chip designs with the intention to deliver those to Taiwan's UMC and China's FJICC. When Taiwanese police raided UMC's offices, laptops, phones, and USB keys with the data were passed off to other employees to abscond with. However the movement was tracked via the cell phone.
Micron grew suspicious, according to its court documents, after discovering that one of its departing engineers had turned to Google for instructions on how to wipe a company laptop. Later, at a recruiting event in the United States aimed at Micron employees, Jinhua and UMC showed PowerPoint slides that used Micron’s internal code names when discussing future chips it would make, according to the court documents.
Micron grew suspicious, according to its court documents, after discovering that one of its departing engineers had turned to Google for instructions on how to wipe a company laptop. Later, at a recruiting event in the United States aimed at Micron employees, Jinhua and UMC showed PowerPoint slides that used Micron’s internal code names when discussing future chips it would make, according to the court documents.