TSMC confirms unauthorized release of some employee data
Original title: TSMC has reportedly leaked the personal data of 46,000 employees, but emphasized that no evidence of intrusion was found in the system.
Sellers offered what they called 46,000 records, 6.9GB, for 3 bitcoin and threatened a full dump within a week.
An underground listing offered personal data said to belong to TSMC employees. TSMC said information on some current and former employees was posted without authorization and matches data held in a cloud provider's services. The company said there is no evidence its own systems were hacked and that the data is unrelated to production or customers.
Unconfirmed: The 46,000-record and 6.9GB figures come from the sellers; TSMC has not confirmed those totals.
- The sellers asked for 3 bitcoin, about NT$7.4 million.
- They threatened to release the entire set if unsold within a week.
- TSMC said the data does not involve production or customer information.
Impact: Personal data of current and former employees exposed
- Victims
- TSMC
From the original article
2 min read at databreaches.netThe following is an automated Google translation of an article that originally appeared in Chinese. Jian Yongxiang reports: TSMC, the world’s leading semiconductor foundry, has been hit by a major cybersecurity incident. Hackers were openly selling personal data, allegedly belonging to TSMC employees, on an underground forum.
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