Hackers have posted claims on two dark-web forums about having access to internal TSMC data. The compromised files are 6.9GB in size, and they cover roughly 46,000 employee records. The hackers demand three Bitcoins ($206,000) as ransom for not releasing the details publicly. To prove their claim, they posted a file titled "tsmc.txt" with details about 499 TSMC employees. These details include addresses, bank account numbers and emergency contact details of employees.

Based on the leaked data posted, it looks like a third-party cloud provider was hacked, not TSMC itself.

tom1337 a day ago | parent [-]

three bitcoins seems rather cheap?

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kikdij a day ago | parent | next [-]

Unless they intend to sell the data anyway.

	▲	freak42 a day ago \| parent [-]
		There is no need for any correlation of the two.

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sylware a day ago | parent | prev [-]

china already bought the data and did set up a small team of 1 million competent people to look at those 46000 employees.

core TSMC operations should be done on a network physically separated from internet, at best a pure IP "VPN" link to connect 2 of its entities.

	▲	rat9988 a day ago \| parent [-]
		> china already bought the data and did set up a small team Very likely, and same for the US, if they didn't already access the data before this "hack".