Dutch chip equipment maker denies trade secrets theft was Chinese espionage
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/12/dutch_china_theft_claim/
Netherlands-based ASML, which makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, on Thursday insisted that it had not been the target of Chinese espionage, despite the fact that six former employees with Chinese names breached their contracts by sharing trade secrets with a competitor linked to the Chinese government.
“The suggestion that we were somehow victim of a national conspiracy is wrong," said CEO Peter Wennink in a statement.