Analog Devices Discloses Breach After ‘Unauthorized Access’

The Analog Devices Inc. headquarters in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Analog Devices Inc. said it uncovered unauthorized access to its systems last month and that, after an investigation, it found that some files were “exfiltrated” from the affected systems.

Operations weren’t interrupted by the breach, which was identified on June 23, Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Analog Devices said in a regulatory filing. The investigation is ongoing and the company has notified law enforcement.

Analog Devices, a maker of computer chips, also said it was made aware on July 26 of reports concerning “a disparate cybersecurity matter.” The company said it’s “currently assessing its validity, scope, and any potential impact.”

The data hasn’t been publicly released or used for fraudulent purposes, and it is monitoring for any indication of misuse, according to a company spokesperson.

The company’s disclosure follows a tumultuous week in cybersecurity, after OpenAI disclosed that advanced artificial models inadvertently hacked Hugging Face Inc. in an “unprecedented incident.” The models broke into Hugging Face’s systems, which hosts AI models and datasets, during an evaluation of their cyber capabilities.

Those models also gained access to a customer on the cloud platform Modal and used it to launch attacks. The Modal customer, who wasn’t identified, set up a publicly accessible interface that allowed anyone on the internet to use their “sandbox” testing environment, and the rogue OpenAI agent used it, a Modal executive said on Tuesday.

The Analog Devices spokesperson said the breach at the company isn’t related to the OpenAI and Modal situation.