Tata Electronics confirms data breach, hackers claim 200,000 Apple and Tesla files stolen

Tata Electronics confirmed a cyberattack but said its operations were not affected, despite malicious actor World Leaks claiming 630GB of alleged data.
The archive would include Apple/Tesla schematics, passport scans and proprietary files; researchers also found references to Pegatron, Foxconn and Qualcomm
PK Press Club noted that Tata was the victim of extortion, although details of the ransom remain unclear; Leaked files suggest exposure of sensitive manufacturing and engineering data

Tata Electronics, the electronics and semiconductor manufacturing arm of the Tata Group conglomerate, confirmed it suffered a cyberattack but said it did not affect its operations. The scale of the violation could, however, be quite significant.

“A few weeks ago, Tata Electronics identified a cybersecurity incident on some of our systems,” the company said in a statement to PK Press Club. “Our response protocols were deployed immediately and the incident had no impact on our operations at all businesses, which are not affected,” he said, without going into detail.

The statement comes nearly two weeks after a malicious actor called World Leaks published a large database on its data leak site, claiming to be from Tata Electronics and affecting companies such as Apple and Tesla.

Confirmed sensitive files

According to PK Press Club, about a third of India’s total iPhone production is done by Tata Electronics. The company supplies Apple with, among other things, back panels, cases and circuit board parts. For Tesla, it has been supplying chips, circuit boards and vehicle engine control units since 2025.

World Leaks has uploaded an archive of 204,341 files, weighing 630.4 GB. It is believed to contain a lot of confidential and proprietary data, including Apple and Tesla schematics, passport scans and other sensitive files.

PK Press Club said Tata was extorted for the files, but did not say how much money the threat actors were demanding, or whether negotiations were moving forward in any way.

Some security researchers analyzed the leaked files and said they contained information about the manufacturing and engineering processes of these two companies. Among the researchers were Cybernews, which claims to have seen “hundreds of references to Apple and Tesla,” a file named “com.apple.factorydata,” as well as documents described as proprietary or confidential.

Cybernews also found files referencing other companies: Pegatron, Foxconn and Qualcomm, to name a few. However, there is no evidence that any of these companies were breached.

Via Cybernews