the tech giants Samsung and Nvidia suffered a computer attack, where the group of hackers Lapsus $ already claimed the attack and released part of the source code of the brands' products.
According to what was revealed, the first attack was made on Nvidia, where the hackers confessed to being in possession of more than 1TB of data, having “completely compromised” the company's internal systems, explain a source to the 'the The Telegraph🇧🇷 Among the information acquired by the hackers are, as they showed, driver codes for Nvidia video cards and even credentials of 71 Nvidia employees.
It should be noted that a year ago Nvidia implemented a system that limits the graphics power of the brand's graphics cards in calculations related to cryptocurrency mining, so that its products are no longer attractive for mining. Now, hackers want Nvidia to remove this limitation so they can take full advantage of the company's graphics.
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After Nvidia, Samsung was the target of attack, where Lapsus$ will have, according to Bleeping Computer, obtained the source code of the secure environment used by Samsung for encryption and access control to its devices, including the algorithms to unlock smartphones, and the 'bootloader' code, necessary to unlock smartphones and install software from unknown sources.
However, reveals 'elEconomista', Samsung has not yet confirmed the attack, which could be compromising the security of the brand's smartphones.
With the data in hand, lapsus$ can publish the information little by little and blackmail companies until their demands are met.
