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Chen Li-ming (TSMC 2nm leak to Tokyo Electron)INS-CHEN-TSMC-2026 insider
🇹🇼 TW
aka Chen Li-ming, TSMC 2nm leak ringleader
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0attributed CVEs
0ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active
About this actor
Former TSMC senior engineer convicted by Taiwan's Intellectual Property and Commercial Court in April 2026 of violating the National Security Act over the leak of 2nm process trade secrets to Tokyo Electron Taiwan; sentenced to 10 years. Landmark first corporate-defendant case under Taiwan's national-core-technology regime.
How we know this
- Data origin
- Curated overlay Insider-threat entry synthesised from public reporting and court filings — not a MITRE-tracked intrusion set.
- Techniques
- No ATT&CK techniques mapped.
- Named victims
- 1 extracted from reporting.
Thin data: No ATT&CK techniques are mapped yet — the behavioural profile is empty. Only one named victim is on file.
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Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
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No techniques attributed.
Co-occurring actors
None.