[BreachExchange] Ubisoft Confirms Cyberattack By Same Hacker Group Which Targeted Samsung And Nvidia

[Terrell Byrd]

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Ubisoft has admitted that a cyber security incident temporarily disrupted
some games, systems and services. The incident came to light after graphics
chip maker Nvidia and South Korean giant Samsung suffered a data breach
this month.

Ubisoft said its IT teams were working with leading external experts to
investigate the issue.

“As a precautionary measure we initiated a company-wide password reset.
Also, we can confirm that all our games and services are functioning
normally and that at this time there is no evidence any player personal
information was accessed or exposed as a by-product of this incident," it
said in a statement late on Friday.

The hacking group behind Nvidia and Samsung took credit for Ubisoft data
breach.

In a Telegram channel allegedly run by LAPSUS$, the group took
responsibility for the Ubisoft incident, reports The Verge.

Nvidia confirmed on March 1 that hackers leaked employee credentials and
proprietary information.

“We have no evidence of ransomware being deployed on the Nvidia environment
or that this is related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict," the company said.

Samsung said on March 7 that hackers stole internal company data and source
code for Galaxy devices.

“There has been no personal data breach, although leaked information
includes some source codes necessary to run the Galaxy phones," Samsung
said, without elaborating further.

The LAPSUS$ hacking group had taken responsibility for those breaches.
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