Foxconn confirms cyberattack after ransomware crew claims it stole confidential Apple, Nvidia files

Foxconn confirmed a cyberattack impacted some North American factories after the Nitrogen ransomware gang claimed to have stolen ~8 TB (over 11 million files) of confidential project documentation allegedly involving customers such as Apple, Nvidia, Intel and others; production is reported to be resuming. The report highlights Nitrogen as a 2023-era ransomware offshoot (linked to Conti 2 code), prior ransomware incidents affecting Foxconn subsidiaries, and research warning that Nitrogen's decryptor may be unable to recover encrypted files in some cases.