Cybersecurity incident — 2023-06-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Kinmax Technology
Affected country: Taiwan (Province of China)
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: LockBit 3.0
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, confirms it's experienced a data breach after being listed as a victim by the LockBit ransomware gang. However the Ransomware gang hit one of the company's IT hardware suppliers, named as Kinmax Technology.