The Lapsus$ hacker group is suspected of hacking Samsung and leaking confidential data. This group has previously attacked and leaked data from Nvidia.
Lapsus$ initially uploaded a screenshot containing the code for Samsung's software. They then provide details about what data was successfully retrieved from Samsung's servers.
They uploaded the stolen database in the form of a 190GB torrent. As quoted from AndroidPolice, Monday (7/3/2022) the data that was successfully compromised included the algorithm for biometric authentication, the bootloader source code for all new Samsung products, and all the source code for the Samsung account authentication process.
Lapsus$ has so far not demanded a ransom from Samsung. But this leaked data spreads quickly, because there are already more than 400 peers who share this torrent and Lapsus$ plans to increase the download speed with additional servers.
It is not known how much of Samsung's confidential data the hackers managed to access. To The Korea Herald, Samsung officials said that they are currently still observing the situation.
Before breaking into Samsung, Lapsus$ claimed to be the group responsible for the Nvidia hack last week. In the incident, Lapsus$ claimed to have retrieved 1TB of confidential data, including schematic and driver source code.
Unlike the case of the Samsung hack, Lapsus$ has a special request for Nvidia. They demanded that Nvidia make the drivers open source and remove a feature in some RTX 30-series GPUs that limits hash rates when mining cryptocurrencies.