It's reported three Foxconn employees in China have been charged with leaking iPad 2 design details to accessory makers.
Taiwan tech newspaper, DigiTimes, quotes a China news agency saying the leaks happened last December and Foxconn, which assembles Apple products, called in local police.
Several online shopping retailers in China were able to sell iPad 2's protective case products before the iPad 2 was even launched, leading Foxconn to suspect that there might have been some employees leaking the design of iPad 2 which it reported to the local police.It says three employees were arrested in December and were charged in March with leaking company secrets.
Foxconn is known for maintaining tight secrecy over the products it manufactures - not only for Apple, but also for several large consumer electronics brands including Sony, HP, Dell, Amazon and Nintendo.
(DigiTimes via MacRumors)
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