Dutch chipmaker Nexperia confirmed late last week that hackers breached its network in March 2024 after a ransomware gang leaked samples of allegedly stolen data.
Nexperia is a subsidiary of Chinese company Wingtech Technology that operates semiconductor fabrication plants in Germany and the UK, producing 100 billion units, including transistors, diodes, MOSFETs, and logic devices. The Nijmegen-based company employs 15,000 specialists and has an annual revenue of over $2.1 billion.
In a press statement on Friday, the company disclosed a data breach that forced it to shut down IT systems and launch an investigation to determine the scope of impact.
"Nexperia has become aware that an unauthorized third party accessed certain Nexperia IT servers in March 2024,"
reads the statement.
"We promptly took action and disconnected the affected systems from the internet to contain the incident and implemented extensive mitigation."
"We also launched an investigation with the support of third-party experts to determine the nature and scope of the incident and took strong measures to terminate the unauthorized access."
Nexperia says it reported the incident to the police and data protection authorities in the Netherlands and contracted FoxIT to help with the investigations.
