Ransomware Group Claiming to Have Hacked Nvidia has Been Counter-Hacked

gamerant.com:

Graphics card maker Nvidia has been dealing with a cyberattack on its systems for a few days now that has compromised Nvidia's systems. In a twist of fate, the ransomware group that has claimed responsibility for the attack has now been hacked themselves.

Nvidia has reported a cyberattack recently that has left its development tools and its email systems «completely compromised.» The company is still investigating the attack with not much information released about it up to this point in time This is not the first time something like this has happened to Nvidia since it had its GeForce Now data leaked last year, but it is still a worrying situation.

Nvidia Spending Billions to Secure Components for 4000 Series

The ransomware group calling itself «Lapsus» has claimed responsibility for the attack. Lapsus has posted screenshots and threatened to release proprietary source code and directory listings if Nvidia doesn't pay up. In the wake of this, Lapsus has now experienced its own ransomware attack that it is blaming on Nvidia, as if the company has done it in retaliation. It hasn't been confirmed nor denied that Nvidia was behind the counter-hack.

After data leaked from GeForce Now such as Sony AAA game titles that could be involved, this kind of attack is something unfortunately familiar to Nvidia and the tech industry at large. However, it's very rare to see ransomware hackers that take responsibility for cyberattacks being given a taste of its own medicine.

To some, it may be oddly satisfying to hear about an instance of a ransomware group that has already held a big company to ransom after a cyberattack being hacked themselves. Hackers are very destructive in the gaming and tech worlds alike, even causing a site like Koei