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TSMC confirms employee data breach tied to cloud service provider

TSMC cloud service

TSMC confirmed an employee data breach linked to a third-party cloud service provider. Investigators found the exposed data matched cloud system records, though internal TSMC systems remained uncompromised.

why this severityConfirmed data breach with limited impact on internal operations.

first report
13 Nov 2026
last update
13 Nov 2026

Timeline · 1

  1. 13 Nov 2026TSMC confirms employee data breach tied to cloud service provider

Sources · 1

News and write-ups

  1. 2026-11-13
    TSMC confirms employee data breach tied to cloud service provider
    The Record · therecord.media/tsmc-confirms-employee-data-breach-cloud-provider

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Classification

AI role
No AI role
categories
General security
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
targets
Not applicable
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
dates
happened 13 Nov 2026 · first reported 13 Nov 2026
origin
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record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-11-13 15:46Z · updated 2026-11-13 15:46Z

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# TSMC confirms employee data breach tied to cloud service provider

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/tsmc-confirms-employee-data-breach-tied-to-cloud-service-pro · AIR-2026-1954 · live

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation): Confirmed data breach with limited impact on internal operations.
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2026-11-13
- AI role: No AI role
- Products: TSMC cloud service

## Summary

TSMC confirmed an employee data breach linked to a third-party cloud service provider. Investigators found the exposed data matched cloud system records, though internal TSMC systems remained uncompromised.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2026-11-13: TSMC confirms employee data breach tied to cloud service provider (https://therecord.media/tsmc-confirms-employee-data-breach-cloud-provider)

## Sources

- 2026-11-13 The Record: TSMC confirms employee data breach tied to cloud service provider https://therecord.media/tsmc-confirms-employee-data-breach-cloud-provider

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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