Foxconn Bleeds 8TB to Ransomware, Apple and Nvidia in the Loot

Foxconn is the factory floor of the modern world. It builds the iPhone, the Mac, the Nvidia GPUs in your servers, the Dell laptops in your office. So when a ransomware crew named Nitrogen claims to have walked out with eight terabytes of internal data, the question is not whether something interesting was stolen. The question is what was not.

The leaked files reportedly include schematics, project codenames, and supplier documentation tied to Foxconn's biggest customers. Apple has not commented. Nvidia has not commented. Dell has commented in the way companies comment when they are praying the leak does not include the part where they negotiated the price down.

Foxconn says core production is unaffected and law enforcement is involved. Both of those things can be true and the situation can still be a slow motion catastrophe. Eight terabytes is not a smash and grab. That is months of access nobody noticed, which is the part that should keep every supply chain leader awake.

• •Ransomware group Nitrogen claimed responsibility for the breach
• •Eight terabytes of internal data allegedly stolen from Foxconn systems
• •Leaked files reportedly include schematics for Apple, Google, Dell, and Nvidia projects
• •Foxconn confirmed the incident and said core production was unaffected
• •Apple, Google, Dell, and Nvidia have not publicly responded
• •Investigation suggests the attackers had persistent access for an extended period