Toshiba Secrets Leaked
St Petersburg Times
Russia
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Tokyo (Japan):
An employee at Toshiba Corp.’s subsidiary in Japan may have sold company secrets to a Russian trade official, the Nikkei English News reported Thursday, citing an unidentified police official.
The Japanese man, who wasn’t named in the report, worked at the Toshiba Discrete Semiconductor Technology Corp. and is suspected of selling technology secrets for 1 million yen ($8,653) between Sept. 2004 and May 2005, the report said.
The case was sent to the prosecutor’s office for criminal investigation, it said. The information, passed on to an official working at the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation, may be related to semiconductors used in military applications, such as missile guidance systems, submarines, and radars for fighter planes, the report said.
Oct 21, 2005
St Petersburg Times
Russia
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Tokyo (Japan):
An employee at Toshiba Corp.’s subsidiary in Japan may have sold company secrets to a Russian trade official, the Nikkei English News reported Thursday, citing an unidentified police official.
The Japanese man, who wasn’t named in the report, worked at the Toshiba Discrete Semiconductor Technology Corp. and is suspected of selling technology secrets for 1 million yen ($8,653) between Sept. 2004 and May 2005, the report said.
The case was sent to the prosecutor’s office for criminal investigation, it said. The information, passed on to an official working at the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation, may be related to semiconductors used in military applications, such as missile guidance systems, submarines, and radars for fighter planes, the report said.
Oct 21, 2005
