Recently, Samsung was hacked into a 190GB data breach. In this attack, the technology giant had stolen data including source code, biometric unlocking algorithms and confidential Samsung information. The famous hacker group Lapsus$ had undertaken. According to the news, the stolen information began to be published on some websites.
Samsung did not initially make a statement that its data was stolen. The brand has now broken its silence about these allegations. So, did Samsung accept these claims and what explanation did they make? Let’s take a look together.
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What did Samsung say about the cyber attack?
Technology giant Samsung admitted to the cyber attack, but did not explain what information was stolen. In fact, the company stated that no employees or customers were affected by this attack, and made the following statements:
“According to our initial analysis, the breach contains some source code related to the operation of Galaxy devices, but not personal information of our consumers or employees. At this time, we do not expect any impact on our business or our customers. We have taken measures to prevent such incidents and will continue to provide uninterrupted service to our customers.”
The same hacker group Lapsus$ had also cyberattacked technology company Nvidia in the past few days. In this attack, the famous hacker group managed to get 1TB of information from 71 thousand Nvidia employees. Afterwards, he threatened them to do whatever they wanted, otherwise they would publish the stolen data on their website. The famous group has not made a threat to Samsung for now.
It was quite remarkable that leading brands of technology were exposed to such an attack. What do you, our readers, think about the hacking of Samsung? You can share your thoughts with us by commenting or via the SDN Forum.