"Prosecutors spotted a possible leakage of confidential information to a foreign defense industry company while they were investigating DAPA's mismanagement of a project to upgrade KF-16 fighter jets," a military official told the media outlet.
According to the media outlet, earlier in November, South Korean prosecutors raided BAE Systems headquarters in Seoul and detected a huge amount of classified military data leaked to the company.
The raid was conducted as part of investigation into a waste of $89 billion in taxpayer money within the process of modernization of 134 Korean KF-16 fighter jets, which was initially signed with BAE Systems in 2011. However, later, DAPA changed the contractor to US Lockheed Martin Corporation, as the UK contractor demanded an additional payment.