MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC

Microchip Technology's fabs slowed below normal output after intruders disrupted the servers running its business, proof that a semiconductor plant is only as isolated as its weakest office network. The confirmed theft was modest, employee contact details and some hashed passwords, though the Play ransomware group, which claimed it, says it left with payroll, contracts, and IDs. How the access was gained went unnamed: when an IT breach can idle a factory floor, the boundary between the two was drawn as a wish.