Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/06
By: Chang Chien-chung and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Aug. 6 (CNA) A computer virus that hit Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
C.C. Wei (魏哲家, center)
(TSMC) was not caused by a hacker or an employee with a grudge, the company’s CEO said Monday, responding to rumors that TSMC was hit by a cyberattack.
The virus outbreak was a “mistake by TSMC itself,” said CEO C.C. Wei (魏哲家), who is also the vice chairman of the world’s largest contract chipmaker, at a press briefing.
It occurred when a new tool was connected to the company’s computer network without having been isolated first to be checked for viruses as a precaution, Wei said.
Having installed more than 10,000 fab tools in the past, TSMC “very much regretted” that such negligence would happen, he said. [FULL STORY]
