Cybersecurity incident — 2020-10-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Micron Technology Inc.
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Industrial-Espionage
Actor: United Microelectronics Corporation
Actor type: Undetermined
Actor country: Undetermined

Taiwanese chip-maker United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has pleaded guilty to trade secret theft in the United States and will pay a $60 million fine in a case where it was accused of helping a Chinese state-owned chipmaker steal secrets from Micron Technology Inc in 2018.