In this modern age of 24-hour connectivity, companies and general users can find themselves at the receiving end of a hacking, which can interfere with personal computers, infect databases, and compromise sensitive information, among other things. In essence, it's a serious issue, especially when huge corporations become victims. Last year saw a cyberattack on Capcom, which left personal and corporate information exposed and lead to the studio investigating the perpetrators behind it. Now, GPU behemoth Nvidia is having to do the same after it becomes the latest target of online attacks.
In a recent report from the UK's The Telegraph newspaper, Nvidia is currently investigating a suspected hack, which has left parts of its internal systems "completely compromised," a spokesperson for the company has said. Following a "malicious networking intrusion," it seems the company was hit hard, particularly across its development tools and email systems, which were experiencing issues for the past couple of days at the time of the report going live.
As of writing, there doesn't appear to be any statement made by the company about whether any of its client's, or its own, data has been breached, but no doubt Nvidia will come forward with further information soon. It's also interesting that the cyberattack has happened at the start of the Russian invasion on Ukraine. However, there is currently no evidence that this online intrusion is related to the ongoing conflict, and currently the tech giant has yet to identify the attackers.
Despite the report about the recent hack, the GPU industry is continuing to push on. With Nvidia's 4000 series possibly launching this September, and AMD announcing the RDNA 3, the next generation of graphics card technology is fast approaching. The shortages have made this current generation very difficult, pretty much since it launched, towards the latter parts of 2020. Whether the 4000 series or RDNA 3, or even Intel's upcoming Arc products, will be able to cope as the deficit continues remains to be seen.
In general, Nvidia has been having a bit of a tough time lately, more so now with this cyberattack. With the merger with UK chip firm Arm officially terminating a few weeks ago, due to backlash from many powerful bodies and competitors, and still no word about the RTX 3090 Ti, there are a lot of headaches the corporation is having to deal with, it seems. The recent hack is just one more fire that Jensen Huang and his team are having to put out right now.
Source: The Telegraph