Cyber attackers managed to capture a lot of GBs of sensitive data during a cyber attack. Source code for applications on Galaxy devices was allegedly stolen.
Update: Samsung confirms that it was the victim of a hack. Attackers made off with source code related to the functionality of Galaxy devices. Unlike the Nvidia hack, the attackers would not have captured employee information. Samsung did not name names, although Lapsus$ claims Nvidia hacking responsibility as well.
Original: Hacker collective Lapsus$ announced Friday that it had successfully hacked an organization. As proof, the group shared sensitive company data online and shared that the data came from Samsung.
The shared file contains 190 GB of corporate information. The group itself says it holds a lot of important information, including bootloader source code for Samsung’s most recent devices and data on biometric authentication and encryption of Samsung devices.
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Samsung is the second major player from the IT world that Lapsus$ recently hacked. Nvidia also suffered at the beginning of last week, as the group leaked sensitive information online from this company as well. Not all of Nvidia’s stolen information is already circulating on the Internet; Lapsus$ is in talks with Nvidia on how to proceed with the case.
Currently, it is not known whether the criminal gang is making demands on Samsung to recover sensitive information. Samsung has not yet officially reported the incident.