TSMC suffers computer virus attack; damage under control

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/04
By: Tien Yu-pin and Frances Huang 

Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said Saturday that some of its production lines had suffered a computer virus attack but the damage was under control.

In a statement posted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), where TSMC shares are traded, the chipmaker said part of its production equipment was attacked by computer viruses the previous evening.

The chipmaker said the affected production lines were recovering and were expected to return to normal in one day.

The statement was released by TSMC after local media reported Saturday that the chipmaker had been hacked, which led some of its production lines to grind to a halt.
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