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00:02Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing company disclosed an employee data breach involving an
00:07external cloud provider, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
00:12Thursday. Hackers reportedly demanded three Bitcoin to withhold the records. TSMC said
00:19current and former employee information appeared on an unauthorized website. The company said its
00:24internal systems, production operations, and customer information were unaffected. Hackers
00:30claimed to possess approximately 46,000 employee records, totaling 6.9 gigabytes, according to
00:37Business Next. The records were reportedly offered on hacking forums, with sellers threatening to
00:42publish the data unless they received an offer within one week. TSMC notified affected employees
00:49and is working with the cloud provider, authorities, and an outside cybersecurity firm to investigate
00:54the exposure. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
