The ruling found he forged document seals to claim expenses while handling administration for an electronics program, but internal verification caught the attempt.

Heavier weight fell on his deletion of teaching and research files from shared systems during his departure, paralyzing operations.

The court convicted him of document forgery and destruction of electronic records, imposing a prison term; the university is restoring data and tightening access controls.

The case shows insider data destruction can be as damaging as external hacking, prompting Taiwanese universities to review account revocation and backup procedures.

Information-security management at educational institutions is a shared challenge for Korean universities too, where lax handling of departed employees' accounts draws repeated criticism.