Samsung is the latest tech company to come under attack from hackers as the South Korean electronics giant confirmed it had been breached this month with internal company data and source code for its Galaxy devices stolen.
This comes just a few days after Nvidia confirmed it had also been the victim of a cyberattack that did not affect its business or commercial activities and was unsure if any data was stolen or deleted.
According to a report from Bloomberg, Samsung said the security breach involved some source code relating to the operation of Galaxy devices but did not include the personal information of its customers or employees.
“Currently, we do not anticipate any impact to our business or customers,” Samsung said in a statement. “We have implemented measures to prevent further such incidents and will continue to serve our customers without disruption.”
The hacking group called Lapsus$ claimed responsibility for the cyberattack as well as the attack on Nvidia and shared screenshots that showed the stolen data including source code for encryption and biometric unlocking functions of Galaxy devices.
According to Sam Mobile, data that was released by the hacking group also included code from partners such as Qualcomm but there may be more information that the group stole that has not been released.
It is unclear yet if these hacks on both Samsung and Nvidia are related to geopolitical issues going on in the world or if it is just bad actors being bad actors.
Nvidia ransom
PC Gamer reported that Lapsus$ leaked the credentials of more than 71,000 Nvidia employees after the company did not bow to blackmail demands from the group.
Part of those demands were for Nvidia to remove its cryptocurrency mining limiter from its RTX-30 video cards. Nvidia refused the demand and the group released the employee information along with source code for DLSS and information about six unannounced GPUs.
The group claims it will release more of Nvidia's secrets if it does not meet its demand. The group claimed it grabbed more than 1 TB of data after hacking Nvidia servers for more than a week.
