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Nvidia hackers selling software unlock for graphics card crypto mining limiters

A hacking group that infiltrated Nvidia servers last month is attempting to sell software that could unlock crypto mining hash rate limiters on the firm’s flagship graphics cards. A South American hacking group going by the name LAPSUS$ claims to have stolen a terabyte of data from Nvidia servers in late February. The group is now offering software in the form of a customized driver to unlock limiters the company has put on its high-end graphics cards. Nvidia stated that it became aware of the incident on Feb. 23, and stated, according to reports on Mar. 2: “We are aware that the threat actor took employee credentials and some Nvidia proprietary information from our systems and has begun leaking it online.” The cybercriminal group has been trying to extort the California-based company thro...