When TSMC was attacked, hackers threatened to demand a ransom of 70 million US dollars with data.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com July 1 news, TSMC recently confirmed to foreign science and technology media TechCrunch, the company has been a cyber attack, some data leakage.

A spokesman for TSMC said that the network security incident led to the disclosure of data "related to the initial setup and configuration of the server", but TSMC customer information was not affected.

Some of the official statements of TSMC are as follows:

After review, TSMC found that the network security incident did not affect TSMC's business operations, nor did it disclose any TSMC customer information.

Immediately after the incident, TSMC terminated the data exchange with the supplier in accordance with the company's security protocols and standard operating procedures.

The blackmail group LockBit claimed responsibility for the security incident, and officials listed the figures on its website and demanded a ransom of $70 million (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 508 million yuan).

LockBit said that if TSMC does not pay, it will also release passwords and login information. LockBit said the data was stolen from Kinmax Technology, which provides IT services such as network, cloud computing, storage and database management for TSMC.