TSMC Confirms Employee Data Leak as Hackers Try to Sell 46,000 Records for Bitcoin

Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC has confirmed a leak of personal information belonging to some current and former employees. Reports from the local media said anonymous sellers on underground forums, including DarkForums and BreachForums, offered around 46,000 employee records for 3 Bitcoin. The sellers also threatened to make the data public if no buyer came forward within a week. TSMC confirmed that employee information had appeared on external websites but maintained that there was no evidence its own systems had been breached. The company also said the incident did not affect customer information or production-related data.