TSMC confirms employee data leak as hackers seek 3 BTC for the records

The chipmaker says a third-party cloud system was the weak point, while its internal systems and customer data were untouched Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s most important chipmaker, has confirmed that personal data belonging to some of its employees was exposed through a third-party cloud system. The hackers behind the leak have put a price on it: 3 BTC , or around $220,000. TSMC announced the incident on November 12, 2026. The company stressed that its own internal systems were not breached, and that production operations and customer data were unaffected. The breach came to light after the hackers claimed to have obtained approximately 46,000 employee records. That haul reportedly totals 6.9 GB of data, covering both current and former staff.

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