ASML Was Hit by an IT Outage That Disrupted Facilities Worldwide
- Outage began early Friday and was resolved the same afternoon
- Firm investigating the cause of the outage, spokesperson says
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ASML Holding NV, the maker of the world’s most advanced chipmaking machines, was struck by an IT outage on Friday that affected its facilities around the world.
The disruption began on Friday morning and was resolved later in the afternoon, an ASML spokesperson said by phone. The incident forced some employees to work remotely, and local Dutch newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad reported that the company’s cleanrooms, offices, customer support departments and communications with suppliers were affected.