The latest victim of a major ransomware attack appears to be Nvidia, as the tech giant confirmed that had been hacked. A group called LAPSUS$ took credit for hacking the company, claiming that they had accessed 1TB of sensitive and confidential information, with the intent to leak it to the public. According to initial reports, Nvidia had been hit with a ransomware attack, though an official statement from the company itself claims that it had been a security breach instead. Nvidia says it, "does not anticipate any disruption to our business or our ability to serve our customers as a result of the incident." despite leaks beginning to circulate online.

LAPSUS$ began to make demands saying they would refrain from posting more of the leak online if Nvidia followed their orders, which include making their GPU drivers open-source. The hacking group said the company has until Friday, March 4th to meet their requirements, otherwise, they will post "the complete silicon, graphics, ad computer chipset files for all recent Nvidia GPUs, including the RTX 3090 TI, and upcoming revisions".

As for what the hackers have already posted online in order to force Nvidia's hand, it seems like files relating to their exclusive Deep Learning Super Sampling 2.2 AI technology have been leaked. According to those who have gone through the leak, there are also files regarding an "NVN2", a possible successor to the NVN API used in the Nintendo Switch. While there is nothing concrete in the data, it has gotten online discourse about the theoretical Switch Pro brewing again once more.

NVIDIA leaks have "nvn2", which seems to be the graphics api for the Switch Pro, based on Ampere with ray tracing support and DLSS 2.2 pic.twitter.com/k6nEr31CcY

— Nikki™ (@NWPlayer123) March 1, 2022

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[djpannda]

I posted about this in the user-submitted news yesterday...

So thanks for that.

I know how that feels, I think GBAtemp needs a better way to handle User Submitted news, as the current system just disheartening user to post "news" ...I know I stop trying

 

[Axmand]

I COULD love A LITTLE of leaked of information but, use it to blackmail someone, its really low...

 

[chrisrlink]

i would be supprised if russians did this for cryptomining (for scchematics to mass produce theier own mining gpu's) seeing that the sanctions from everyone is hurting them badly

 

[djpannda]

i would be supprised if russians did this for cryptomining (for scchematics to mass produce theier own mining gpu's) seeing that the sanctions from everyone is hurting them badly

maybe,state Sponsored ones... The big buzz now is that Anonymous is stating They have taken over Russian Spy satellites

Anonymous hackers claim attack on Russia’s space agency but Roscosmos chief calls them ‘fraudsters and swindlers’​

and the Underbellies are hinting that Russian hacker are turning on Putin,
or course it can also be they are workin for their own account also

 

[urbanman2004]

Rather than speculate based on source code leaks and make assumptions, I prefer to wait till Ninty makes an official announcement regarding their glorified mythical Switch Pro.

 

[eriol33]

imagine all this hacking, and the only thing people thought is switch pro

 

[Marc_LFD]

These hackers acting like a modern Robin Hood... I like it, not gonna lie.

 

[Joeynator3000]

Yay more Switch Pro rumors for the entire year again! In the end it's just the Switch OLED Lite instead. lol

 

[Willgheminass]

I doubt they'll go open-source with their drivers, I wish that wasn't true. So anyways, I can't wait to see more stuff uncovered.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Yay more Switch Pro rumors for the entire year again! In the end it's just the Switch OLED Lite instead. lol

I don't know how people are still delusional to believe that. The Switch has about 2-3 years left before its successor is released.

 

[SG854]

Hackers hacking

 

[Bu2d85]

I don't know how people are still delusional to believe that. The Switch has about 2-3 years left before its successor is released.

It would take a couple years of development before release, so the timeline is right.

 

[WG481]

I posted about this in the user-submitted news yesterday...

So thanks for that.

This man is the news man.

 

[Mollycule]

Ayo where MKWii HD at???

 

[jomaper]

I wish these hackers would go after the current administration, The world Economic Forum, Soros, and a few others. Do some good. Might as well hit BLM while you are at it because they don't confess anything they're up to.

what a dumbass lmao

 

[MaxiBash]

Nintendo worked with Nvidia to build an emulator for the Shield in China, mind you. Imagine if these archives have more than just source code from Nvidia's drivers...

 

[Marc_LFD]

I wish these hackers would go after the current administration, The world Economic Forum, Soros, and a few others. Do some good. Might as well hit BLM while you are at it because they don't confess anything they're up to.

The difference is that they'd be putting a target on themselves while Nvidia, there's no life threat.

Let's see who in 2030 will be happy and owns nothing.

 

[XDel]

The difference is that they'd be putting a target on themselves while Nvidia, there's no life threat.

Let's see who in 2030 will be happy and owns nothing.

Where's the excitement if there's no life threat?!

 

[kehkou]

Super Switch Pro Deluxe XD

NEW Super Switch Pro Deluxe XL

 

[Marc_LFD]

Where's the excitement if there's no life threat?!

True. I've more to say though I don't want to turn this political.