Taiwanese prosecutors indicted a former TSMC deputy manager, surnamed Chen, for allegedly copying 21 confidential documents, including national core technologies, with the intent to use them in China. This marks the first indictment under Taiwan's National Security Act for an alleged attempt to leak sensitive chip technologies to China, though TSMC's internal systems prevented the actual transfer. Prosecutors are seeking up to a seven-year sentence for Chen, who was allegedly recruited by a Chinese Communist Party agent to establish a semiconductor materials analysis company in China.
Taiwan is actively enforcing its National Security Act to protect advanced chip technology, raising the risk for individuals attempting to transfer IP to China.