Dutch authorities arrest former Russian employee suspected of stealing vital ASML microchip files

According to reports, the Dutch government has arrested a former ASML employee with a Russian background who was suspected of stealing important microchip files from ASML. The Dutch government has imposed a 20-year entry ban on this person. ASML is the world's largest lithography machine manufacturer and the world's only EUV lithography machine supplier. All 5nm and below chips in the world rely on ASML's EUV lithography machines for manufacturing.