Smartphone manufacturing giant Foxconn has confirmed that a ransomware attack in late May disrupted operations at one of its Mexico-based production plants.
“It is confirmed that one of our factories in Mexico experienced a ransomware cyberattack in late May,” Jimmy Huang, a Foxconn spokesperson told TechCrunch. “The company’s cybersecurity team has been carrying out the recovery plan accordingly.”
The affected production plant is Foxconn Baja California, located in the city of Tijuana at the border with California, which specializes in the production of medical devices, consumer electronics, and industrial operations. The company told TechCrunch that while operations at the plant were disrupted as a result of the ransomware attack, the factory is “gradually returning to normal”.
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