Tuesday, March 1st 2022

NVIDIA DLSS Source Code Leaked

The mother of all cyberattacks hit NVIDIA over the weekend, putting out critical driver source-code, the ability to disable LHR for mining, and even insights into future NVIDIA hardware, such as the Blackwell architecture. An anonymous tipster sent us this screenshot showing a list of files they claim are the source-code of DLSS.

The list, which looks credible enough, includes C++ files, headers, and assets that make up DLSS. There is also a super-convenient "Programming Guide" document to help developers make sense of the code and build correctly. Our tipsters who sent this screenshot are examining the code to see the inner workings of DLSS, and whether there's any secret sauce. Do note that this is DLSS version 2.2, so a reasonably recent version including the latest DLSS 2.2 changes. This code leak could hold the key for the open-source Linux driver community to bring DLSS to the platform, or even AMD and Intel learning from its design. Stealing Intellectual Property is a big deal of course and NVIDIA's lawyers will probably be busy picking apart every new innovation from their competitors, but ultimately it'll be hard to prove in a court of law.
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83 Comments on NVIDIA DLSS Source Code Leaked

#76
R-T-B
So my conspiracy is confirmed. Party?
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#77
sith'ari
sith'ari................. Also have we concluded what exactly has happened ?
is it possible that only fractions of the source code had been leaked ,thus ,can this be a gamble-play from the hackers ,trying to profit through deceiving claims ?
(as i said in a past post i find it unthinkable that the hackers managed to overcome nVIDIA 's Morpheus security system developer.nvidia.com/morpheus-cybersecurity without anyone noticing.This system is created to detect anomalies inside a network , so still , my own belief is that these hackers have only claimed fractions of code here and there , and they are releasing deceiving statements to the press to add presure to nVIDIA )
So what happened exactly , anyone knows?
If i remember correctly , those leakers had given nVIDIA an "ultimatum" until the last Friday ,to ""remove LHR always and ... :twitch:forever and to make :twitch:the drivers opensource"" or else....
they would leak their claimed stolen source code .

Well ... as far as i can tell , until today :
1. No LHR-removal has been announced ,nor open source drivers as well.
2. No source code had been "leaked" to the internet besides those fragments that we have seen at the 1st place

So ,how 1 & 2 :confused: can still co-exist if the info that we've read so far are accurate ? as i said , i'm pretty certain that this ultimatum was until last Friday ..right:confused: ?
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#78
pavle
The funny thing with all this is - why would nvidians be discussing a hacker attack at their recent meeting and then the attack happened? What is to be gained from it? An now near to nothing has been published. Intriguing to say the least.
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#79
sith'ari
pavleThe funny thing with all this is - why would nvidians be discussing a hacker attack at their recent meeting and then the attack happened? What is to be gained from it? An now near to nothing has been published. Intriguing to say the least.
Are you referring at a previous comment of mine ? ( #71 ) .
If yes , then i have to specify that i didn't put it very accurately back then.
what i meant with that comment is that according to an article(as i said i can't remember which) nVIDIA in the past had informed their investors about the possibility of such incident to happen in the future.
This was not a timely/chronically-related to the recent attack , it was something related with a briefing that nVIDIA had done in the past..
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#80
pavle
sith'ariAre you referring at a previous comment of mine ? ( #71 )...
Of course. Well time will tell if we get something out of it.
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#81
sith'ari
Here is Jensen's statement about this whole matter :

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#82
sith'ari
..... Also , an incredibly insightful article from Forbes about the :eek:methods that these people had been using for their hacking attacks.

[SIZE=4]Okta Hack Exposes A Huge Hole In Tech Giant Security: Their Call Centers[/SIZE]

www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/23/okta-hack-exposes-a-huge-hole-in-tech-giant-security/?sh=218be59d35a5&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainFB&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2Lle6mlrcU8--V-TexXIE81Tn93MXmyJN-BfP0-5vAc7El4nSK_SCiB_E
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