NVIDIA Data-breach: Hackers Demand GeForce Drivers be Made Open-Source

The latest episode in the saga of the cyberattacks on NVIDIA servers that unleashed the motherlode of confidential information, the group behind the hack made its second set of demands. The first one was for a ransom to prevent public-disclosure, which NVIDIA possibly didn’t meet. The second one is a demand for making GeForce proprietary drivers open-source on all platforms. Failing this, the group plans to release its next chunk of the leak public.

Diese, the group claims, includes sensitive files related to the company’s silicon design, including Verilog (.v) Dateien, and VG files. They also claim to be in possession of files related to upcoming hardware, including the elusive RTX 3090 Du, and upcoming revisions of existing silicon. The group sets until 4th March (Freitag) to meet its demand.