WIRED reports that Foxconn acknowledged that some of its North American factories “suffered a cyberattack” in recent days, after the ransomware group Nitrogen claimed to have stolen 8TB of data from the company. Here are the details.
According to WIRED, a ransomware group known as Nitrogen claims to have stolen 8 TB of data from Foxconn, one of Apple’s main manufacturing partners for the iPhone and other devices.
WIRED says:
A ransomware group is attempting to extort the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, claiming that it stole 8 TB of data from the company, including schematics and project details from customers including Dell, Google, Apple, and Nvidia.
This is not the first ransomware incident involving Foxconn in recent years. In 2020, for instance, a Foxconn facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, was hit by an attack that encrypted servers, stole data, and included a bitcoin demand worth roughly $34.6 million at the time.
