In 1994, a former employee of printer maker Epson dialed in to Epson's computer database from his new company and rewrote the basic programs used to program IC layouts, thereby causing Epson to inadvertently manufacture faulty chips.
八十三年，生產印表機的愛普生公司也發生一名離職員工從新公司的電腦撥接進入愛普生公司的電腦資料庫，篡改用來設計晶片的積體電路佈局的基礎程式，使得愛普生公司在不知情情況下，製造出錯誤的晶片。