Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack

Foxconn has confirmed that some of its North American factories were hit by a cyberattack, with the company stating that the cybersecurity team activated its response and that affected sites are resuming normal production, according to SecurityWeek.

The Nitrogen ransomware group claims to have hacked Foxconn’s systems and to have stolen 8TB of data across more than 11 million files, including confidential documents and schematics for major customers such as Intel, Apple, Google, Dell and Nvidia, a claim supported by screenshots published by the group. Nitrogen has been active since late 2024 and is described in the piece as relying on file encryption and data theft to pressure victims into paying.

The group listed Foxconn on its Tor-based leak site on 12 March, and the article notes Foxconn has previously been targeted by ransomware groups, including at Foxsemicon in 2024. Written by Eduard Kovacs and dated 13 May 2026, the report highlights the attackers’ method and the scale of the data purportedly exfiltrated.