TSMC gives more data on the infection of its plant by a computer virus

New data offered by TSMC regarding the problem with the stoppage due to infection by malware of their systems.

The TSMC company has given more information about the computer problems suffered on August 3 due to malware. The semiconductor development company was forced to stop some of its production lines due to a ransomware infection that has resulted in a loss of nearly $ 200 million. This has also affected NVIDIA, Apple, Qualcomm and AMD, its four main customers.

New data regarding TSMC IT problems.

The TSMC statement indicates that the infection varies by manufacturer. According to the statement, the infection was contained within a few hours of starting and the solution was found quickly, allowing 14% of the computer equipment to be repaired and ready for work at 00:80 p.m. Taiwan time. On August 6, all computers were virus-free.

This incident has caused the delay in the shipment of the products and increased the initial costs. They have said that these issues will cause a 3% revenue hit in third quarter results and a gross margin hit of about one percentage point.

TSMC has also informed that the delay caused by this incident in the third quarter will be resolved in the fourth quarter of this year and the forecast of high growth in revenues is maintained. The main clients of the Taiwanese company have been informed of what happened and are working with them to solve and establish a new component delivery schedule.

Each client will receive individually in the next few days detailed information and how the problem affects them. The virus was started by a malfunction in the installation process of new software, causing the infection to spread through the company's internal network. The integrity of the data and confidential information would not have been compromised.

Source: TPU