The hackers have given a hard shock to the popular smartphone company Samsung. Samsung on Monday (March 8) confirmed that the source code for Samsung Galaxy smartphones had been stolen by hackers.
According to the popular tech blog Bleeping Computer, a group of hackers called 'Lapsus $' seems to have stolen the source code for the Galaxy smartphones. About 190GB of secret data was collected by hackers. In addition to the source code, the hackers also leaked internal data about the company.
The source code includes a trusted applet (TA) source code, boot loader source code, and Samsung account authentication code used for sensitive operations. The hackers also stole data from NVIDIA in February last month.
Samsung has provided an explanation for this cyber attack. The company claims that the source code contains some source code related to the operation of the Galaxy smartphones. The company said that the respective Samsung users need not worry.
Samsung has revealed that it does not have personal information of Galaxy users or company employees. The company believes that this will not have any impact on the company's business or customers. Samsung said it would implement tougher measures to prevent such incidents.
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