NVIDIA conducted a hack back and claims to have successfully ransomed the hackers' equipment.
NVIDIA Corporation, a US chipmaker, said on Friday that it is investigating a cyber attack that has apparently brought the company's developer tools and email systems down. Parts of its operations may have been knocked offline for two days as a result of the attack.
According to the source, a hostile network breach has "totally penetrated" Nvidia's internal systems, including email and development tools, which have been down since the middle of the week.
"We're looking into an issue." Our commercial and business operations continue unabated. "We are presently evaluating the nature and breadth of the event and do not have any more information to give at this time," said Nvidia spokesperson Hector Marinez in a statement.
While Nvidia has not released any further information regarding the issue, The Telegraph says that the company's email systems and developer tools have been down for the previous two days due to a "malicious network breach."
However, if a US-based corporation, such as Nvidia, was targeted, it may result in reprisal from the US. President Biden warned during his speech on Thursday that "if Russia conducts cyberattacks on our industries or essential infrastructure, we are prepared to retaliate."
It is unclear whether hackers gained access to Nvidia or its customers' data, or whether any of its partners were affected. According to The Telegraph, Nvidia has not yet discovered the offender, and users claim they have not been notified of any problem.
"They'll be checking through everything to see if anything has been modified in their software that they then distributed to their clients, the most serious risk is that something may have been included in one of the software upgrades," Dr. Woodward stated.
The claimed NVIDIA ransomware assault was carried out by a South American hacking team named LAPU, according to experts from the Vx-underground project, which specialized in gathering malware samples. The South American hacking team carried out the attack on NVIDIA's infrastructure, infiltrating the company's internal servers with ransomware and stealing more than 1 TB of data. NVIDIA representatives have yet to corroborate this information, confining themselves to the statement that an inquiry is underway.
The next morning, the LAPU hackers awoke to find that their victim had begun a counterattack: the company's cybersecurity professionals had accessed the assailants' systems and attempted to encrypt the stolen data, according to Vx-underground. The claim was supported by screenshots of encrypted file listings and system alerts about 100 percent CPU utilization. All of the attempts, however, were futile since the hackers had backed up the stolen data.