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Microchip Technology has confirmed suffering a cyberattack which forced the company to suspend some of its operations.
While the details are scarce, the information available all points to this being aransomwareattack.
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The companys customer base counts more than 120,000 organizations all over the world.
The filing concludes that the investigation is ongoing and that all details are not yet known.
However, companies that are forced to shut down parts of their infrastructure do so because of ransomware.