NVIDIA has Allegedly Been Hacked, Internal Systems Compromised

According to several reports in various media, NVIDIA has been hacked and several key systems, such as email and its internal developer tools have been down for the past few days. According to CRN, NVIDIA is investigating “an incident” and the company issued the following statement to the publication. “Our business and commercial activities continue uninterrupted. We are still working to evaluate the nature and scope of the event and don’t have any additional information to share at this time.”

In a regulatory filing back in October 2021, NVIDIA seemingly warned its shareholders of a future attack on the company of some kind. NVIDIA claimed that it’s hard to protect against attacks, as the attacks are getting more “prevalent and sophisticated”. The filing went on to say “Our efforts to prevent and overcome these and similar challenges could increase our expenses and may not be successful. We may experience interruptions, delays, cessation of service and loss of existing or potential customers.” Based on media reports, it’s currently not known whether any data has been stolen or damaged and it appears that the attacker(s) haven’t been identified.