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.
  • TSMC Employee Data Leak The sellers also threatened to make the data public if no buyer came forward within a week.