Taiwan's major semiconductor manufacturer TSMC was infected with computer viruses in the evening of August 3, which caused the technology industry to pay attention to the security issues. Because in response to this incident, TSMC initially estimated that the impact amount was about 1.6 billion to 1.7 billion , and the gross profit margin impact was about one percentage point, which was slightly larger than the industry's expectations of less than 1 billion yuan. , but the company said that it could make up for all the shipment impact and delays in the fourth quarter.
On the evening of August 3, TSMC began to report that the computer was infected with a virus and caused the production line to be shut down. It then spread to the fab in the Taichung Science Park, Longtan Packaging and Test Factory, and the fab in the Tainan Science Park.
After a day of inspection, TSMC came forward to explain that the cause of this virus infection was that the new machine made an operation error during the installation of software. The virus spread when the new machine was connected to the company's internal computer network. will further strengthen information security measures in the future.
Furthermore, the company said that computer virus infection affects some computer systems and factory computers, but the degree of virus infection varies from factory to factory. has controlled the range of this virus infection and found a solution. As of 2:00 p.m. on the 5th, about 80% of the affected machines have returned to normal . It is expected that all affected machines will be able to return to normal 6 days ago.
Although this virus infection incident will lead to delays in wafer shipment and increase in costs, the impact on revenue in the third quarter is about three percent and the impact of gross profit margin is about one percentage point, the number of wafer shipment delays in the third quarter will be filled in the fourth quarter. At the same time, TSMC emphasized that the annual performance outlook will maintain the previous financial forecast .
TSMC stated that most customers of have received notifications of related events , and the company is also working closely with customers to communicate their wafer delivery schedule and will communicate detailed information with individual customers in the next few days.
TSMC's security processing, is almost completely free of water by industry standards, and is famous for its rigor in the industry. This virus invasion incident caused the computer to go down , and even the wafer fab production line shutdown incident. shocked the industry .
Industry insiders believe that even leading manufacturers will encounter this problem. is paralyzed by several wafer fabs at the same time, which is an abnormality. Other operators must be careful to deal with it, and also make all technology companies, especially arouse the alert of all semiconductor wafer fabs, and will pay more attention to this problem in the future.
