NVIDIA confirmed Tuesday a few of its knowledge was stolen as a part of a that occurred final week. “We are aware that the threat actor took employee credentials and some NVIDIA proprietary information from our systems and has begun leaking it online,” an organization spokesman instructed Engadget.

NVIDIA didn’t specify precisely what was stolen from its pc methods. But in line with , a gaggle known as LAPSUS$ is claiming accountability for the assault. It says it obtained 1TB of information, together with schematics and driver source code. The collective is demanding a ransom paid in cryptocurrency to stop NVIDIA’s information from turning into public. It says the corporate has but to contact it.

It’s unlikely NVIDIA will get in contact. Following final yr’s cyberattack, the Biden administration has companies from cooperating with hackers. “We do not anticipate any disruption to our business or our ability to serve our customers as a result of the incident,” the corporate mentioned.

After turning into conscious of the assault on February twenty third, NVIDIA says it notified regulation enforcement and started working with cybersecurity specialists to answer the incident. “We have no evidence of ransomware being deployed on the NVIDIA environment or that this is related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict,” the corporate mentioned. LAPSUS$ additionally claims its actions weren’t politically motivated. “We are not in politics AT ALL,” the group states in a publish seen by PCMag.