Tsmc details the impact suffered by the computer virus
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On August 3, a virus affected the computers of the manufacturer TSMC, which affected the production of chips for some of the large computer companies, such as Nvidia, Apple and Qualcomm. TSMC has come out to comment on the consequences of this attack.
Virus in TSMC plants will cause shipping delays
According to TSMC, the degree of infection varied according to the manufacturer. The company contained the problem in the later hours and found a solution, and at 14:00 Taiwan time, about 80% of the company's impacted tools had been recovered, and by August 6 all the computers had been rid of any trace of the virus.
TSMC expects this incident to cause shipping delays and additional costs. The company calculated that the impact on third-quarter revenue will be around 3%, and the impact on gross margin about one percentage point. The company is confident that delayed shipments in the third quarter will recover in the fourth quarter of 2018 and maintains its forecast for high single-digit revenue growth for 2018 in US dollars. Most TSMC clients have been notified of this event, and the company is working closely with those clients on its wafer delivery program.
Details will be communicated to each client individually over the next few days. This virus outbreak occurred due to a malfunction during the software installation process of a new tool, which caused the spread of a virus once the tool was connected to the company's computer network. The integrity of the data and confidential information were not compromised.
TSMC claims to have taken steps to close this security gap and further strengthen security measures.
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