TSMC denies ransomware hack as gang demands multi-million dollar ransom

Ransomware attack on a computer

Semiconductor manufacturer TSMC says it hasn’t suffered a ransomware attack, and that the data posted on LockBit’s leak site belongs to a third-party IT hardware supplier.

Last week, a hacker going by the name Bassterlord, who is thought to be affiliated with LockBit, took to Twitter to post a series of screenshots allegedly depicting data belonging to TSMC which had apparently been stolen in a ransomware attack.