Foxconn confirmed a cyberattack on its North American operations after the Nitrogen ransomware gang listed the Taiwanese electronics giant on its data leak site. The hackers claim to have stolen 8 TB of data comprising more than 11 million files, including confidential instructions, internal project documentation and technical drawings related to projects at Apple, Nvidia, Dell, Google and Intel.
The attack hit Foxconn's plant in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin and a factory in Houston, Texas, with some staff temporarily forced to use pen and paper or stay home during the disruption. Nitrogen, active since 2023, uses double-extortion tactics — encrypting files while also threatening to leak the stolen data if ransom demands are not met.
Foxconn acknowledged the breach a day after Nitrogen's post, stating its cybersecurity team had responded swiftly and that operations were being restored. Apple does not appear to be directly at risk, but the scale of the alleged theft puts pressure on every major customer that relies on Foxconn for assembly and engineering.