Key facts
- A former TSMC deputy manager has been indicted by Taiwanese prosecutors.
- The indictment alleges the theft of sensitive technical documents.
- The documents are described as involving national core technologies.
- Prosecutors believe the intent was to benefit China's chip industry.
- TSMC has reportedly recovered the sensitive technical documents.
Taiwanese prosecutors on Monday indicted a former TSMC deputy manager for allegedly stealing trade secrets involving national core technologies with the intent of using them in China. Prosecutors stated that TSMC was able to recover the sensitive technical documents that had allegedly been copied without authorization. The indictment is the first under Taiwan's National Security Act involving an attempt to advance Chinese chip ambitions.