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US semiconductor manufacturer and retailer Microchip Technology experienced a cyberattack over the weekend where hackers managed to disrupt some of its servers and business operations.

Microchip explains in a regulatory filing published Tuesday that it first detected the "suspicious activity" in its computer systems on Aug. 17. Two days later, Microchip decided that "isolating the affected systems" and "shutting down certain systems" was the best course of action.

Since the attack, Microchip has been struggling to resume business as usual, which includes chip manufacturing as well as the sales of products like microprocessors, microcontrollers, and other computer and IT hardware. While its global headquarters are in Arizona, the chip maker has employees and offices around the world in places like California, China, India, Romania, and Malaysia. It's currently unclear where exactly its systems were disrupted, or whether the attack was international in scope.

PCMag has reached out to Microchip for further comment.

🔗: https://www.pcmag.com/news/hackers-attack-us-chip-maker-microchip-sending-it-systems-offline

To avoid paying child support, a 39-year-old Kentucky man resorted to hacking Hawaii's death registry system to try and fake his own death. The stunt leaves Jesse Kipf facing over six years in prison for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Kipf hacked Hawaii’s death registry system in January 2023 by using the username and password of a physician living in another state. Once inside, he created a case file to fake his own death. He then completed a State of Hawaii Death Certificate Worksheet, assigned himself as the medical certifier for the case and certified his death, using the digital signature of the doctor.

A court document reveals that Kipf faked his own death in part to avoid paying a substantial outstanding child support amount of $116,357 to his ex-wife.

🔗: https://www.pcmag.com/news/man-hacked-state-database-to-fake-death-and-avoid-paying-child-support

Big day for all you green-texters out there.

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