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Today (26th) SBS News starts with a single report. There is a place called Defense Science Research Institute. From small rifles to tanks, missiles, military aircraft, and recently cutting-edge electronic technology, it is home to a variety of weapons technologies developed by the Korean military over 50 years. However, as many researchers as working here were accused of stealing these technologies without permission when one person retired to hundreds of thousands. The military, the National Intelligence Service, and the police began joint investigations.

First, Kim Tae-hoon, a defense journalist.

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ADD retired researcher at the Defense Science Research Institute leaked confidential research data and was caught by the ADD Technical Protection Team at the end of last year.

The National Intelligence Service also received information earlier this year that the state-owned confidential ADD technology was leaked to the private sector.

As a result, SBS coverage confirmed that the National Intelligence Service, the Military Security Command, and the police recently launched a joint investigation.

Military and investigative agencies are focusing on more than 20 high-ranking researchers who suspected of leaving ADD for stealing confidentiality and leaking an unusually large amount of data.

Researcher A, who retired in September last year and moved to head of the AI ​​Research Institute at a private university in Seoul, said, "Studies that include core technologies that are of great interest to defense companies such as unmanned systems like drones, future wars, and AI related source code and design confidentiality. It appears that 680,000 documents were stored in a mass storage device, "said a military official.

In addition to Researcher A, who moved to university, most of the 20 people who were targeted for investigation were found to be employed in defense companies such as Hanwha, LIG ​​Nex1, and Io Systems.

Admitted to the fact that there was something that couldn't even be held by ADD in the coverage of SBS confirmation.

[CEO Nam Se-gyu / ADD: There are quite a few people involved, so some organizations are starting to investigate. I think it's the best emergency in the lab, and it's very difficult because the thieves are willing to think it's very difficult (I think it's very difficult.)]

Retired researcher A, who is suspected of leaking 680,000, summed up past research activities in a phone call with an SBS reporter and after retirement In order to find research ideas, they printed and viewed the materials, but they said that there were no confidential leaks for private profit.

Military and investigative agencies are focusing on investigating the nature and extent of the leak's leaks.

(Video Editing: Seungjin Lee, CG: Sanghyeon Park)      

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