Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack

Taiwanese electronics manufacturing large Foxconn has confirmed that a few of its North American factories have been hit by a cyberattack.

“The cybersecurity staff instantly activated the response mechanism and applied a number of operational measures to make sure the continuity of manufacturing and supply. The affected factories are at present resuming regular manufacturing,” Foxconn instructed SecurityWeek. 

Foxconn, finest often called the world’s largest supplier of producing companies for Apple and different main world tech manufacturers, confirmed being focused by hackers after the Nitrogen ransomware group listed the corporate on its Tor-based leak web site on March 12.

The hackers declare to have stolen 8TB of information representing greater than 11 million information, together with confidential paperwork and schematics associated to main prospects akin to Intel, Apple, Google, Dell, and Nvidia. 

The cybercriminals have printed a number of screenshots to show their claims.

Foxconn is frequently focused by risk actors, and it has been hit by ransomware teams a number of instances in recent times. Foxconn subsidiary Foxsemicon was additionally focused by a ransomware gang in 2024.

The Nitrogen ransomware group has been lively since late 2024. Its web site at present lists a couple of dozen organizations, together with within the manufacturing, know-how, and finance sectors. 

The risk actor has been counting on file encryption and information theft to stress victims into paying a ransom.

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