The cyberattack targeting Samsung, all confidential data shared on the Internet seized: How can you protect yourself?
This time, Samsung was the target of Lapsus$, which earlier attacked NVIDIA online and caused the company to lose 1 TB of data.
Just as in the real world and like countries, commercial companies are still the target of cyberattacks. Many companies are forced to suspend production due to cyber-attacks, encounter difficulties in user access, and information of their employees or users is leaked. Unfortunately, there are many examples of this, and new companies are added to this list almost every day. A new example of this news is Samsung.
According to the latest information, Samsung has been the latest victim of these cyber attacks. The cyber attackers who infiltrated the servers of the Korean technology giant managed to seize important information about the "privacy" of users' phones.
Several source codes have been leaked, including Samsung's unlocking algorithms
According to the cyber-attack report published by Samsung, along with a large amount of confidential data, Samsung's secret source code has also been leaked. The group $Lapsus has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which Samsung lost nearly 190 GB of data.
The group proved they had the data by sharing a screenshot of the data they captured. Shortly after this image was posted, Lapsus$ split these files into three file bundles and leaked them online.
The leaked data includes software used for fingerprint and facial recognition, the phone's operating source code for all new Samsung devices, Qualcomm's secret source code, software that controls Samsung accounts, including APIs and services, and much more. Unfortunately, all this data has now been leaked to the internet world.
So what will happen after this leak?
Lapsus$, which attacked NVIDIA, one of the largest manufacturers of video cards in the world, and seized important source codes in the past days, made some requests in response to a 14-size file GTA V it seized. But this time the attackers made no demands.
From now on, Samsung needs to discover the leaked data and close any potential vulnerabilities as soon as possible. Because of your data, there are vital data that can cause dozens of different vulnerabilities, from your Samsung account to decrypting your phone. There is also data on how to bypass Knox Security, known as Samsung's most secure system, among this data.
How can you protect your phone and your information?
Currently, the best step Samsung users can do is to change their Samsung account password, not to give out their phones and passwords to other people, and to ensure the security of their phones. It pays to think carefully, especially when downloading apps from the Google Play Store and other sources. Because it is only a matter of time before the leaked files are picked up by the hacker and used against you.
We also hope that Samsung will take the necessary steps and actions to quickly compensate for this harm to its users. Otherwise, we may witness the penetration of many phones in the coming days and the leakage of their information.