Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever

[Kenrou]

Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever

Chipmaker has until Friday to comply or see its crown-jewel source code released.

arstechnica.com

"Data extortionists who stole up to 1 terabyte of data from Nvidia have delivered one of the most unusual ultimatums ever in the annals of cybercrime: allow Nvidia's graphics cards to mine cryptocurrencies faster or face the imminent release of the company's crown-jewel source code."

"We decided to help mining and gaming community," Lapsus$ members wrote in broken English. "We want nvidia to push an update for all 30 series firmware that remove every lhr limitations otherwise we will leak hw folder. If they remove the lhr we will forget about hw folder (it's a big folder). We both know lhr impact mining and gaming."

 

[EarthDog]

Like a band of 8th graders doing it or something... wow.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Like a band of 8th graders doing it or something... wow.

Who said it isn't?

 

[Janus67]

I can only imagine the prices of LHR cards skyrocketing and the overall hashrate flying up if this gets leaked/released.

 

[freakdiablo]

 

[dfonda]

Who said it isn't?

Kids are more advanced now...I was stil stealing horse's in 8th grade...took me till my 20's till I had my first successful train heist...

and how the heck will removing LHR help gamers...

 

[freakdiablo]

how the heck will removing LHR help gamers...

I'm going out on a limb and saying

A) These guys assume mining performance = gaming performance, possibly due to AMD dropping the ball with the 6500s

Or

B) The much more likely reason, they're hoping everyone else assumes mining performance = gaming performance and hope to get people on their side.

 

[JLK03F150]

Or

C) They just don't know the difference between burro and burrow.

 

[stompah]

I remember some youtuber saying that LHR cards don't perform as good as nonLHR. I don't remember if it was FPS, heat or wattage used.

But it only takes one stray comment from someone with influence (even minor) to start a chain of mistruths.

 

[Kenrou]

Samsung Allegedly Hacked by Same Group Responsible for NVIDIA Leaks

Samsung has reportedly been hacked by the LAPSUS$ hacker group who were responsible for the recent NVIDIA hack and source code releases. The group has previously stolen approximately 1 TB of data from NVIDIA servers and are currently demanding that NVIDIA release open-source GPU drivers and a...

www.techpowerup.com

"The stolen Samsung data is reportedly 190 GB in size containing the source code for Trusted Applets, bootloader, and account authentication in addition to biometric unlock algorithms and confidential source code from Qualcomm. This breach could have serious security ramifications for both Samsung & Qualcomm is these claims are substantiated."

These guys are on a roll, what do you think they're gonna demand from Samsung

 

[EarthDog]

New TV and soundbar?

 

[freakdiablo]

TikTok access from their smart fridge?

 

[Kenrou]

Microsoft Also Falls Victim to Hacking Group LAPSUS$

The hacking group LAPSUS$ responsible for the recent NVIDIA and Samsung compromises has now allegedly breached Microsoft systems gaining access to the source code for Bing and Cortana. The group temporarily published a screenshot of what looked to be an internal Microsoft developer account with...

www.techpowerup.com

Microsoft now, same group...

 

[freakdiablo]

Can they do Lays next so I can buy more than half a bag of chips?