TAIPEI -- When the WannaCry virus forced the world's biggest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., to halt production for three days earlier this month, it sent a strong message to the industry that even the most advanced technology company is vulnerable to cyberattacks.
"The incident is a wake-up call to the whole industry," said Leuh Fang, chairman and president of Vanguard International Semiconductor, a Taiwanese power management and display driver chip manufacturer and a TSMC affiliate. "As soon as we learned of the event, we quickly asked all our information technology specialists to come back to work on a Friday night and check all the systems and factories thoroughly."
