Hackers offer TSMC employee data for 3 bitcoins; TSMC confirms some employee information was leaked
November 12, Jiemian News — Hackers are selling what they claim is TSMC employee data on an underground forum. They say it contains 46,000 records in a 6.9 GB file and are asking for 3 bitcoins (about NT$7.4 million). They also say they will release everything if no one buys it within a week. TSMC confirmed that data belonging to some current and former employees was leaked. An initial investigation traced the vulnerability to a cloud service provider, and found that TSMC’s internal systems had not been breached. The leaked data does not include production or customer information. The company has notified affected employees and is working with the service provider and investigative authorities to address the incident.
November 12, Jiemian News — Hackers are selling what they claim is TSMC employee data on an underground forum. They say it contains 46,000 records in a 6.9 GB file and are asking for 3 bitcoins (about NT$7.4 million). They also say they will release everything if no one buys it within a week. TSMC confirmed that data belonging to some current and former employees was leaked. An initial investigation traced the vulnerability to a cloud service provider, and found that TSMC’s internal systems had not been breached. The leaked data does not include production or customer information. The company has notified affected employees and is working with the service provider and investigative authorities to address the incident.