Curious: AMD hacked because data was secured with “password”. [Gerücht]

Curious: AMD hacked because data was secured with "password". [Gerücht]

Cyber ​​attacks on large technology companies are common. For example, Nvidia was hit by a hacker attack at the end of February/beginning of March 2022, which is said to have even spread to Samsung. As it now seems to be turning out, the competition for AMD was also the victim of data theft, just a few days after the turn of the year, practically during CES 2022.

AMD hacked – because of insecure passwords?

At least that’s what the “RansomHouse” extortion group claims, which has a data volume of more than 450 Gb [sic!] claims to have captured from the chip giant. According to the Restoreprivacy.com website RansomHouse has published a data sample on the dark web that is said to contain network files, system information and AMD passwords. Restoreprivacy has examined the data sample and cannot yet say conclusively whether the stolen data is authentic.

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As a result, the authenticity of RansomHouse’s AMD data theft can sometimes not be confirmed. The hacker group itself states that it does not produce any ransomware or encrypt data, but only acts as a “professional intermediary”. The group is said to have emerged in December 2021 and says it has launched hacks at six companies so far, AMD being the most recent publication.

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The really curious thing about it is how AMD is said to have backed up the data. As RansomHouse claims, the Santa Clara company used the simplest of passwords to secure its own network. Employees at AMD are said to have used passwords that simply read “password”. It is not possible to say exactly how much data was stolen by the blackmail group, since, among other things, Gb was given instead of GB, which stands for gigabits in English, insofar as it is not a typo. However, the same applies here: quality instead of quantity.

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AMD, meanwhile, is in the know about the alleged data theft, telling Restoreprivacy: “AMD is aware of a bad actor claiming to be in possession of stolen data from AMD. An investigation is currently underway.” Now it remains to be seen if this story turns out to be a bluff or if there is actually any truth to it.

Source: restoreprivacy via PC gamers

Reference-www.pcgameshardware.de