Tag #Intellectual Property Theft

What is the immediate impact of this alleged theft of intellectual property from Dutch chipmakers on national security and international relations?

A 43-year-old former ASML engineer, German A., is accused of stealing confidential information from ASML, NXP, and other chip companies and passing it to Russian state-owned companies. He allegedly received cash payments in Moscow for the data, used to establish a microelectronics factory in Russia. The theft involved technical manuals and machine information, passed via USB drives and encrypted messages.