Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-08-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.)
Affected country: Taiwan (Province of China)
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Description: A computer virus, later reported to be a variant of WannaCry, halts several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. factories, the sole maker of the iPhone's main processor.