Major virus infection shuts down factories of iPhone chip-maker TSMC

A major virus infection forced the closure of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) factories just before the weekend; some remain closed or only partly-operational. TMSC is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world and is responsible for producing iPhone processors for Apple. The company issued a statement indicating that it was not carried out by a hacker. The impact on Apple's iPhone production schedule is also not known, although TSMC expects the incident "to cause shipment delays and additional costs". See also: Apple kills off its app affiliate program Apple pulls away from Microsoft and Facebook on the way to… [Continue Reading]