The Nitrogen ransomware group has confirmed an attack against Foxconn’s North American manufacturing facilities, disrupting operations at one of the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturers. Nitrogen is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that combines malvertising-based initial access with data exfiltration before encryption, meaning sensitive operational and business data may have been stolen before systems were locked. As a tier-one supplier to major global technology brands, Foxconn’s disruption carries downstream supply chain risk that extends well beyond the company itself.