Over 500 cases of technology leaks in the past five years, with prominent leaks by company insiders - South Korea

According to documents submitted by the National Assembly member Choi Suzyn from the National Police Agency, there have been 539 cases of technology leaks in the past five years, with 78 cases leaked overseas and 46 cases leaked domestically.
In particular, the number of cases of technology leaks overseas arrested was 17 in 2020, but in the first half of 2024 alone it was 18, showing a steady increase.
Looking at the 2023 outflows by technology, out of a total of 149 cases, there were 22 from machinery, 14 from semiconductors, and 12 from displays. In 2020, semiconductors and displays accounted for 10% of all outflows.
The total percentage of the total was 1.5%, but in 2011 it increased to 17.4%. By type of victim, there were more small and medium-sized enterprises (469 cases) than large corporations (79 cases), and the entities that leaked the data were
According to the National Police Agency, recently, a fake subsidiary company was set up at a university, posing as a research institute, and engineers were recruited with the promise of huge salaries.
"The budget for international joint research and development projects should be increased to ensure that we have international standards for technology," Rep. Choi said.
"We will be able to create proposals and guidelines for improving the system, such as by introducing compulsory education for principal investigators on the importance of security," he said.
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