Mon 07 March 2022:
According to Bloomberg, Samsung Electronics Co. suffered a cybersecurity breach that revealed confidential business data, including source code for the operation of its Galaxy smartphones.
After reports over the weekend that LAPSUS$, a hacker gang that stole secret information from Nvidia Corp.’s networks, had gotten access to Samsung data, the company issued a response. The assailants who broke into the Korean electronics giant’s computers were not identified. A spokesman claimed via text message that measures have been put in place to avoid further breaches, and that customers’ personal data has not been affected.
“There was a security breach relating to certain internal company data,” Samsung said. “According to our initial analysis, the breach involves some source code relating to the operation of Galaxy devices, but does not include the personal information of our consumers or employees. Currently, we do not anticipate any impact to our business or customers. We have implemented measures to prevent further such incidents and will continue to serve our customers without disruption.”
On Friday, the Lapsus$ hacking group published a 190-gigabyte trove of confidential data that it claims to have seized from Samsung Electronics. If genuine, the leak may be a big security problem for the Apple rival.
The data leak was originally teased by the group on Friday as including a snapshot of C/C++ directives in Samsung software, reports Bleeping Computer. The group then expanded on its description of the leak, saying it contained “confidential Samsung source code.”
Samsung officials told the Korea Herald the company is assessing the situation.
The possible hacking incident is the latest of a number of recent issues for Samsung.
On February 28, it was reported that the company had shipped at least 100 million Android smartphones with a security flaw. The issue, relating to how cryptographic keys are stored in the TrustZone, could allow attackers to extract sensitive data from affected devices.
Samsung is also dealing with a scandal over throttling, with software limiting the performance of over 10,000 apps, but not benchmarking tools. Samsung says it is working on an update to address complaints.
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