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A Samsung revealed that he had suffered a hacker attack on the company’s internal system. The suspicions of invasion began at the beginning of March and were confirmed this Monday (7), through an official note released on the brand’s channels. According to the company, the attack should not affect the personal data of customers.
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The security breach of the South Korean giant’s data happens shortly after the invasion of the company’s system. Nvidia, which also had information stolen by malicious hackers. The statement issued by Samsung did not reveal the name of the group behind the action. Despite this, rumors indicate that those responsible may be from the group known as Lapsus$ — the same one that stole data from the video card manufacturer in February.
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Hacker invasion targets source code of Galaxy devices — Photo: Rômulo Diego Moreira
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One of the points that supports the version that it was really Lapsus$ that carried out the attack is the file released by them in a channel on Telegram. In it, there are several screenshots, totaling between 190 and 200 GB of information about a confidential source code of the Samsung.
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The file released by the group contains data from the company’s security systems and one of the items that appears in the images concerns the algorithms for biometric authentication on the brand’s phones. Other source code mentions settings of the bootloader that paves the way for controlling the operating system.
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Even with the leak of the file by the mentioned messenger, the Samsung did not confirm that the action came from the group, nor did it go into detail about what exactly was collected. The statement only revealed that, “According to initial analysis, the breach involves some source code related to the operation of the devices. Galaxy“.
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Galaxy S22 is the latest launch of the Galaxy cell phone line — Photo: Reproduction/Samsung
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Despite declaring concern about the leaked data, the Samsung said that the action does not generate any impact on the business, nor on the customers. “According to our initial analysis, the breach involves some source code related to the operation of the devices Galaxybut does not include the personal information of our customers or employees,” the statement said.
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Still in the publication, the manufacturer reinforced that it is already working on measures to prevent other incidents of this type.
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with information from The Verge e Bloomberg
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