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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
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday August 06 2018, @03:46PM
It also occurs to me that no nation state would do such a thing because there simply is No Such Agency that would be interested in trying to compromise the very design of chips during manufacture without anyone knowing. I know that before 2013 it would sound like a paranoid delusion to suggest such a thing.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.