{"id":142799,"date":"2022-03-07T16:43:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=142799"},"modified":"2022-12-13T20:40:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T20:40:38","slug":"samsung-confirms-hackers-stole-190-gb-of-source-code-for-galaxy-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/samsung-confirms-hackers-stole-190-gb-of-source-code-for-galaxy-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung confirms hackers stole 190 GB of source code for Galaxy devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The South Korean company Samsung has become another victim of the infamous Lapsus$ hacker group.\u00a0Hackers gained access to a large layer of Samsung data and leaked it to the Web.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lapsus$ hackers got 190 GB of Samsung data.\u00a0The Korean company did not remain silent for a long time after the hack and confirmed the fact of the hacker attack, reassuring its users that their personal confidential information was not there.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142800\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/At-one-time-other-tech-giants-were-also-subjected-to-hacker-attacks-by-Lapsus-including-the-chipmaker-NVIDIA.jpg\" alt=\"At one time, other tech giants were also subjected to hacker attacks by Lapsus $, including the chipmaker NVIDIA\" width=\"1280\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/At-one-time-other-tech-giants-were-also-subjected-to-hacker-attacks-by-Lapsus-including-the-chipmaker-NVIDIA.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/At-one-time-other-tech-giants-were-also-subjected-to-hacker-attacks-by-Lapsus-including-the-chipmaker-NVIDIA-800x433.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/At-one-time-other-tech-giants-were-also-subjected-to-hacker-attacks-by-Lapsus-including-the-chipmaker-NVIDIA-1080x585.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/At-one-time-other-tech-giants-were-also-subjected-to-hacker-attacks-by-Lapsus-including-the-chipmaker-NVIDIA-770x417.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At one time, other tech giants were also subjected to hacker attacks by Lapsus $, including the chipmaker NVIDIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><span>\u201cRecently, we became aware of a security breach involving some internal data companies.\u00a0<\/span><span>Immediately after the discovery of the attack, we strengthened our security system.\u00a0<\/span><span>The leak is related to some source codes related to the operation of Samsung Galaxy mobile devices, but does not include personal information of our customers or employees.\u00a0<\/span><span>We do not expect any impact on our business or customers,\u201d Samsung said in a statement.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The company also assured that it had taken all necessary measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.\u00a0In other words, the likelihood of another hack is minimal, at least for the foreseeable future.\u00a0However, security experts advise users to change passwords for all Samsung services and enable two-factor authentication just in case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, it would be too hasty to say that this leak poses no threat.\u00a0The fact is that among the hacked data there is a large amount of information about how Samsung protects its devices and attackers can use this to undermine the security of Galaxy smartphones.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean company Samsung has become another victim of the infamous Lapsus$ hacker group.\u00a0Hackers gained access to a large layer of Samsung data and leaked it to the Web. Lapsus$ hackers got 190 GB of Samsung data.\u00a0The Korean company did not remain silent for a long time after the hack and confirmed the fact [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/samsung-confirms-hackers-stole-190-gb-of-source-code-for-galaxy-devices\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":142801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1509,1],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-142799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}