March 9, 2022, 6:48 p.m. | brooke.crothers

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Ransomware Group Steals Nvidia Code Signing Certificates: How to Protect Yourself

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Wed, 03/09/2022 - 10:48




The attack is reportedly part of a larger effort by hackers to force Nvidia to remove cryptomining limits from its GPUs (Graphics Processing Units).


The attackers—who call themselves Lapsus$—stole 1TB of data including firmware, drivers, hardware schematics, email accounts and cryptographic hashes for more than 71,000 employees.


"We decided to help mining and gaming community," Lapsus$ said in choppy English ( …

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