Synopsys Finds No Evidence of Data Breach Amid Bosch Hack Claims
Silicon-to-systems design firm Synopsys says it has found no evidence of a data breach after a cybercrime group claimed to have hacked its systems and gained access to valuable data belonging to one of its major customers, Bosch.
A new ransomware group named D1R in recent days listed Synopsys and Bosch on its Tor-based leak website. The cybercriminals claimed to have exploited a vulnerability in Synopsys’ website to access a corporate client database containing 40,000 entries, and they are threatening to leak the stolen data unless a ransom is paid.
Separately, D1R claimed to have hacked German engineering and technology giant Bosch using data obtained from Synopsys. The cybercriminals claimed to have obtained valuable intellectual property belonging to Bosch.
Synopsys specializes in electronic design automation (EDA) software and pre-designed semiconductor blueprints used to build and test microchips. The company supplies the software tools and digital chip blueprints that Bosch’s engineering...
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