Taiwan's High Prosecutors' Office indicted a TSMC vice manager for unauthorized reproduction and acquisition of national security confidential information, recommending a 7-year prison sentence. The investigation revealed a Hong Kong national, Ding Xiaohu, developed a Chinese Communist espionage organization in Taiwan to collect state core critical technology trade secrets.
The ongoing theft of TSMC's core technology by state-backed actors remains a persistent threat, forcing the company to divert resources to internal security measures.