Monday, March 7th 2022
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 bypass for the LHR GPU hash rate limiter. 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.
Source:
@vxunderground
20 Comments on Samsung Allegedly Hacked by Same Group Responsible for NVIDIA Leaks
Now we will see if Qualcomm did really had some hidden government backdoors.
On a serious note, so that the post won't get deleted:
Some of these major companies really have to review their security protocols.
It's certainly going to be fun watching them try to resecure their bootloader signing keys though...
That would really make popcorn a requirement.
Human is the weakest link in this all.
After that even a simple phishing attack could work. I too doubt that some extremely sophisticated attack vectors are used.
These guys are hitting various targets and I'd bet it's all about crypto, either as the ability to mine it or blackmail these companies for it.
And TBH, I woudn't doubt it if it happens to be and is proven as something "State Sponsored" the way things are right now.
That's as far as I'm going with that because there is no need to go further, you guys are smart enough to do the math from that point foward.
If I'm wrong, so be it but just going from a "Most Probrable" point of view here.
However even if it's just about crypto, you know like I do how it could be used to that end.
Samsung security workarounds could have some pretty horrifying consequences, given the prevalence of Samsung phones globally.