4 indicted under arrest for leaking Samsung SDI's EV battery technology overseas

Prosecutors on Monday indicted 15 people and entities, four under arrest, on charges of stealing and leaking core state-protected technology related to electric vehicle (EV) batteries developed by Samsung SDI to foreign companies, officials said. The Suwon District Prosecutors Office said the four, including the head of a company accused of orchestrating the leak, were indicted with physical detention on charges of violating the industrial technology protection act, the unfair competition prevention act and others. Eleven others were also indicted without physical detention, including a former Samsung SDI employee and two KOSDAQ-listed corporate entities. The suspects are accused of siphoning design models for EV battery components developed by Samsung SDI and one of its partner firms — key industrial secrets designated as core state-protected technology — between October 2022 and February this year, and illegally using them for business purposes. They are also suspected of leaking the confidential data to secondary battery companies in Vietnam and China. The leaked information includWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times