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Computer Virus Affects TSMC's Factories and Fabrication Tools

posted by martyb on Monday August 06 2018, @12:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-so-fab-ulous dept.

takyon writes:

iPhone supplier TSMC shut down factories after virus attack

Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. [(TSMC)] shut down several of its factories last night [Friday] after it its[sic] systems were hit by a computer virus, reports Bloomberg.

TSMC is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, and supplies components for companies like ADM[sic], Apple, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. The company told Bloomberg that the virus infected a "number of its fabrication tools," but that the "degree of infection varies" from factory to factory. Several have resumed their operations, but others won't come back online until tomorrow. The company indicated that its factories weren't infected by a hacker.

Update: TSMC says third-quarter revenue hit by computer virus

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  • (Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @01:16PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @01:16PM (#717817)

    A couple of years ago I saw a customer's windows 2k box doing the jtag verification on the post baking QA line with a pirated sisoft sandra left over from whatever. Won't be surprised if someone used a USB key and copied stuff around and ended up getting infected from a client's box.

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by RS3 on Monday August 06 2018, @02:02PM (2 children)

    by RS3 (6367) on Monday August 06 2018, @02:02PM (#717834)

    Hey look, a wormhole opened up and we're hearing from 2003!

    Hello, hello, can you hear me? 2018 here. Yes, "The Celebrity Apprentice" will go international. No, really. It goes viral in a 'uge way!

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Monday August 06 2018, @03:27PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 06 2018, @03:27PM (#717866) Journal

    I saw a customer's windows 2k box doing the jtag verification . . .

    There is no excuse for this kind of negligence. They should develop a plan for upgrading to the latest version of Windows XP.

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