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Data breach

Around 46,000 TSMC employee records leaked and offered on black market

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Around 46,000 records containing TSMC employees’ personal information were leaked, and a hacker attempted to sell them on the black market for 3 bitcoins. TSMC confirmed the leak and said its investigation found that the information matched data held by a cloud service provider. No evidence of a breach of TSMC’s systems was found, and neither production nor customer information was involved.

Key facts

Affected organisation
TSMC
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Around 46,000 records containing employees’ personal information
Cause / method
Not confirmed
Location
Taiwan

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Timeline

  1. An attempt to sell around 46,000 employee records on the black market came to light, and TSMC confirmed the leak.
  2. An investigation found that the leaked information matched data held by a cloud service provider and that there was no evidence of a breach of TSMC’s systems.

43 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.