Security News > 2022 > March > Hackers Who Broke Into NVIDIA's Network Leak DLSS Source Code Online

American chipmaking company NVIDIA on Tuesday confirmed that its network was breached as a result of a cyber attack, enabling the perpetrators to gain access to sensitive data, including source code purportedly associated with its Deep Learning Super Sampling technology.

"We have no evidence of ransomware being deployed on the NVIDIA environment or that this is related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict," the company said in a security notice.

"However, we are aware that the threat actor took employee passwords and some NVIDIA proprietary information from our systems and has begun leaking it online."

On top of that, the group also alleged that NVIDIA had hacked back and encrypted the plundered data with ransomware, adding it eventually recovered the files from a backup.

Subsequently, the intruders revised their demands, calling on NVIDIA to release a software update that removes the Lite Hash Rate technology in its graphics cards, which is designed to reduce the Ethereum mining rate by 50% and prevent cryptocurrency miners from buying the gaming-focused GPUs.

The developments haven't fazed NVIDIA. "We do not anticipate any disruption to our business or our ability to serve our customers as a result of the incident," the company said in a statement.

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