NVIDIA Hackers Was Allegedly Hacked Back by NVIDIA: Data 'Un-Stolen?'

After the recent hack, NVIDIA allegedly hacked the hackers back. The real question is how true is the story and did the reverse-hacking work?

Hacker Group that Hacked NVIDIA was Hacked Back

According to the story by TechSpot, the rumor mill is all over how Lapsus$, a South American hacker group, claimed to have been the cyber attackers behind the recent hack on NVIDIA. The group also claimed that the company hacked them in return and even encrypted the stolen data while ransoming back their machines.

However, the news is still hearsay as the initial story was narrated to Telegraph regarding how the company was still investigating the security incident. In addition, Telegraph "believes involved NVIDIA's internal systems being completely compromised."

Hacker Group Lapsus$ Allegedly Stole 1TB of Data

Just recently, however, Lapsus$ stated that they were able to steal 1TB of data coming from NVIDIA and that they were threatening to leak passwords and security details from NVIDIA employees.

The claim was paired with screenshots but was regarded as not "conclusive" as per TechSpot, indicating that the group "may or may not have had that data." However, shortly after the claim, the group noted that "NVIDIA hacked it in return."

NVIDIA Gained Access to Hackers' Data through 'Virtual Machines' Still Enrolled in the Company

The group allegedly left "one of its virtual machines" still enrolled in NVIDIA's very own mobile device management program, which allowed the company to gain a "backdoor into its systems." To add, NVIDIA decided to remotely encrypt the data and even cut off Lapsus

access to the network owned by NVIDIA.

Despite this, the hackers still claimed to have "made a copy of the data." In December 2021, Lapsus$ reportedly took responsibility for the hack on the health ministry of Brazil, which reportedly involved a particular national immunization program data that was said to be deleted and even possibly stolen as per Reuters.

What is the Lapsus$ Hacking Group

Lapsus$ noted that it would be returning the data "for a fee," but the Brazilian government notes that they could recover the data without paying the hackers and that they had been able to rebuild its systems just a month after per ZDNet independently.

During that time, Lapsus$ decided not to demonstrate a "coherent strategy. At first, they noted that they would be holding the data for ransom. Later on, however, the group decided to insult NVIDIA and even used the political stance of the company to "justify the attack."

As of the moment, hackers are stating that NVIDIA hacked them back and are now "leaking the data" in retaliation. Unverified sources noted that Lapsus$ is stating that the security details of NVIDIA were leaked on Telegram.

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Written by Urian B.