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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said on Friday that a cybersecurity incident involving one of its IT hardware suppliers has led to the leak of the vendor's company data..
In a statement to Reuters, the company has confirmed that its business operations or customer information were not affected following the cybersecurity incident at its supplier Kinmax..
"TSMC has recently been aware that one of our IT hardware suppliers experienced a cybersecurity incident which led to the leak of information pertinent to server initial setup and configuration," the company said in a statement..
In a statement to TechCrunch, a TSMC spokesperson confirmed that a cybersecurity incident" at one of the companys IT hardware suppliers, named as Kinmax Technology, led to the leak of information pertinent to server initial setup and configuration.".
After the incident, TSMC has immediately terminated its data exchange with this concerned supplier in accordance with the Companys security protocols and standard operating procedures," the spokesperson added..
