Taiwan government says it has detained three employees on suspicion they obtained the Taiwanese chip giant’s “core technology trade secrets.”

Taiwanese authorities have arrested and detained three people after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reported suspicions that current and former employees illegally obtained trade secrets.The Taiwan High Prosecutors Office announced the arrests Tuesday,

Taiwan prosecutors arrested six people suspected of stealing trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., opening an investigation into a potential breach of national security involving a global tech industry linchpin.