Apple supplier Tata Electronics tightens internal controls after data breach

NEW DELHI, – Tata Electronics, a key Indian supplier to Apple, has restricted internal access to sensitive systems as it investigates a leak of thousands of secret client files on the dark web, a Tata source and two industry officials said.

Tata has also hired a global consultant to conduct a forensic ​audit and has reported the incident to the Indian government and its clients, said the Tata source, declining to be named given the sensitivity of the matter.