Sekisui Chemical's former employee sent documents for inspection Smartphone research Did you leak to a Chinese company? October 14, 6:33
A former employee of Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., headquartered in Osaka, was sent a document on the 13th for leaking research on smartphones to a Chinese company.
The outflow of technology from Japanese companies to foreign countries has become a problem in recent years.
The document was sent to a 45-year-old man who was a former employee of Sekisui Chemical.
According to the police, there is a suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Law, saying that from an adult to last year, the research content on the screen of a smartphone, which is a corporate secret, was sent by e-mail to the Chinese communication equipment affiliate "Chaozhou Sankan Group". I will.
The first point of contact between a former employee and this Chinese company is an internet business exchange site, where a Chinese company makes contact under the guise of a company that originally had a deal with Sekisui Chemical, and then a former employee visits China to establish a relationship. It means that it has deepened.
After the information leak was discovered, the former employee was dismissed from Sekisui Chemical as a disciplinary measure and re-employed at another major Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer's office in Japan.
A former employee admitted to the investigation, "My research was not evaluated. Instead of passing information, I wanted to get information on a Chinese company, develop a new product, and look back on my boss and company." It means that it is stated as such.
Expert "There are a lot of outflows through internal parties"
Regarding the outflow of corporate secrets overseas, in 2014, a former employee of a Toshiba partner company was arrested for illegally providing semiconductor research data to a Korean company, and in 2015 The "Unfair Competition Prevention Law" was amended and the penalties were significantly strengthened.
However, the outflow continued after that, and even after entering this year, a former SoftBank employee was accused of illegally extracting confidential information and was convicted of "trying to respond to a request from a foreign acquaintance". I have received it.
Naoto Hizuka, a senior researcher at Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting, who is familiar with corporate technology and measures against information leaks, said, "The reality is that there are a lot of leaks through people, especially through internal parties. After clarifying the technologies and know-how that must be taken, measures should be taken by clarifying the contractual relationship regarding confidentiality with employees and other companies, and improving the treatment of employees. " I'm talking to you.