Hacking of semiconductor equipment major &sudden collapse of a GaN company
Semiconductor Equipment Major Hacked
On January 16th, a major semiconductor equipment manufacturer of Hon Hai Group, Jing Ding, was hacked. The hacker group threatened Jing Ding's customers and employees directly on its website that if Jing Ding ignored the hackers, a total of 5 terabytes of customer information would be disclosed, and that if Jing Ding's management didn't contact the hackers, the hackers would destroy all of Jing Ding's information, which could not be recovered, and which could cause the employees to lose their jobs.
Hacker groups hack into listed companies to steal information from time to time, but the hacker group stole the information and then directly held the company's website hostage, publicizing that the company's internal information was stolen and threatening to happen for the first time in the whole of China and Taiwan.
Jing Ding is a subsidiary of Hon Hai Group, mainly engaged in semiconductor front-end process equipment key modules, semiconductor automation equipment research and development, is an important semiconductor listed companies in Taiwan, the company is also Hon Hai Chairman Liu Yangwei a minority of the chairman of the board of directors of the subsidiary.
In response to the hacking incident, Jing Ding released a message pointing out that the preliminary assessment of the company's operations have no significant impact, the company will continue to enhance the network and information infrastructure security control.
This is not the first time Hon Hai Group has been hacked, in 2020 Hon Hai Mexico plant servers have been ransomware attacks, and that year was also hacked for nearly 1 billion NT ransom. 2022 Hon Hai Group is located in Mexico and the United States, California, the border of the city of Tijuana (Tijuana) plant was hacked ransom e-mail attacks, Tijuana plant is mainly engaged in the manufacture of medical equipment, consumer electronics and industrial equipment. Tijuana plant is mainly engaged in the manufacture of medical devices, consumer electronics and industrial equipment.
A U.S. GaN Company Goes Out of Business
NexGen Power Systems, a startup in DeWitt, N.Y., closed its doors and laid off employees this week, a shutdown that occurred on Christmas Eve, leaving the $100 million taxpayer-funded factory building barren and silent.
Five years ago, New York taxpayers spent $100 million on the plant, expecting it to bring prosperity and job security to the area. Now, the plant's sudden closure has raised concerns not only about the local economy, but also questions about the role and effectiveness of public funds in business development.
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