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Computer Virus Cripples IPhone Chipmaker TSMC Plants

  • Some factories back to normal, rest in another day, TSMC says
  • Virus that struck Friday night ‘was not caused by hacker’
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A computer virus halted several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. factories Friday night, dealing the company one of its most severe disruptions as it ramps up chipmaking for Apple Inc.’s next iPhones.

The sole maker of the iPhone’s main processor said a number of its fabrication tools had been infected, and while it had contained the problem and resumed some production, several of its factories won’t restart till at least Sunday. The virus wasn’t introduced by a hacker, the company added in a statement.