Former Digital Affairs Minister Huang Yen-nan is warning that cyberattacks
could be the most effective way for hostile actors to damage Taiwan's
semiconductor advantage.

According to Huang, companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing need
to strengthen precautions.

The former digital minister now heads Academia Sinica's Taiwan Information
Security Center.

And speaking at a conference on geopolitics and chip strategy, Huang said
T-S-M-C's global influence has grown with A-I, making it "too big to fail,"
as any disruption to its production a national security concern.

Huang told the conferance that it's essential that companies such as T-S-M-C
anticipate and manage potential risks, as cyber and digital threats are the
most serious concerns.

Huang also identified two main types of attackers targeting T-S-M-C.

Those being sate-backed hackers, which seek to steal commercial secrets in
chip design and manufacturing ...

.... and profit-driven ransomware gangs that attack supply chain companies
because even brief production halts are extremely costly.