Samsung has confirmed that hackers have breached its data for its Galaxy smartphones and tablets, as well as its other products.
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 7: Samsung Galaxy signage hangs on the ceiling during a launch event at Barclays Center on August 7, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10 Plus smartphones and they will go on sale on August 23 starting $949.
It comes after the same hackers behind Nvidia claimed to steal the source code of the South Korean company.
Samsung Confirms Security Breach
According to a news story by the New York Post, the hacking extortion gang that goes by the name Lapsus$ previously claimed that it has breached a wide range of Samsung source code.
The hacking group went on to boast that it has stolen tons of sensitive source codes from the South Korean phone maker, Samsung, including all of its biometric unlock algorithm and bootloader.
It comes shortly after the same extortion group hacked the systems of Nvidia, wherein one of the stolen signing certificate codes is now being used to install malware on Windows PCs.
Now, Samsung has already spoken about the recent data breach, which was first announced by the hackers themselves, noting that there was indeed a security breach.
However, the tech giant assured its customers that the latest data breach did not include their personal data.
On top of that, the South Korean phone maker also stated that the hacking incident also spared the information of their employees.
Samsung said that it has already performed an initial analysis of the hacking incident, wherein it showed what was involved in the data breach.
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Samsung and Hacking Incident
According to a recent story by Digital Trends, the tech giant said in a statement that "the breach involves some source code relating to the operation of Galaxy devices," which comprises both smartphones and tablets.
A person walks behind a Samsung logo displayed outside the company's Seocho building in Seoul on January 27, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
On top of that, the giant phone maker also said that its current assessment suggests that the hacking incident would not have "any impact" on both its customers and its business.
Plus, Samsung also assured the public that the tech firm has already carried out additional measures to avoid such hacking incidents from occurring in the future.
However, it is worth noting that the South Korea-based company did not disclose the new measures that it has implemented to prevent another data breach. It also did reveal how the hackers have accessed their systems.
Despite confirming that there was indeed a "security breach" within the systems of Samsung, the giant firm did not mention the gang behind the hacking.
That said, Samsung has yet to publicly identify the perpetrators of the recent hacking incident, which Lapsus$ extortion gang has previously owned responsibility for it.
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Written by Teejay Boris
