Foxconn Confirms Cyberattack Disrupts North American Factories

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn confirmed a cyberattack disrupted operations at several North American factories in early May 2026, shortly after the ransomware group Nitrogen claimed responsibility for stealing 8 terabytes of data spanning more than 11 million files.

Nitrogen posted its claim on May 11 on its data leak site, asserting that the stolen materials included confidential project documentation, technical drawings, and instructions related to clients such as Intel, Apple, Google, Dell, Nvidia, and AMD. The group shared samples on the dark web, which reportedly contained financial documents from a Houston, Texas facility, network topology details for server processors, and files from Foxconn's electrical engineering team. Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, produces components and devices for major tech firms, including iPhones for Apple, though its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin facility primarily handles televisions and data servers rather than Apple products.

The intrusion caused network outages starting around May 1 at the Wisconsin site, where employees reported WiFi failures, dead timecard terminals, and a shift to paper...