Exploit: Ransomware
Nvidia: Graphics Processing Units (GPU) Manufacturer
Risk to Business: 1.616 = Severe
Legendary graphics chipmaker Nvidia has been hit with ransomware that took several of the company’s functions down for days, including internal email and developer tools. Ransomware group Lapsus$ is claiming responsibility. The group claims to have some 1TB of Nvidia threatening to leak it if Nvidia doesn’t pay an unspecified sum. In a highly unusual turn of events, a few days later, Lapsus$ took to the web to indignantly complain that Nvidia had hacked them in return, encrypting the data that Lapsus$ had snatched. The group says they have backups, and they’ll start publishing Nvidia’s data soon.
Individual Impact:
No information about consumer/employee PII, PHI or financial data exposure was available at press time.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Supply chain disruption has been the name of the game for cybercriminals and tires are an important part of most supply chains.
Risk Levels:
1 - 1.5 = Extreme Risk
1.51 - 2.49 = Severe Risk
2.5 - 3 = Moderate Risk
*The risk score is calculated using a formula that considers a wide range of factors related to the assessed breach.