Taiwan’s iThome reports that ransomware operators using the “Nitrogen” name have listed Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) as a victim on a dark-web leak site, claiming they stole 8TB of data comprising about 11 million files. The actors allege the haul includes confidential orders, projects, and design sketches tied to multiple technology companies, but the report notes those partner references are not yet independently verified. The disclosure follows a widely reported early-May IT outage at Foxconn’s U.S. Wisconsin campus; Foxconn confirmed an “IT network issue” and later stated that production operations at affected North American sites remained normal after response actions were initiated.
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