Article 5WS45 As Nvidia hacker deadline looms, 71,000 employee accounts have reportedly been exposed

As Nvidia hacker deadline looms, 71,000 employee accounts have reportedly been exposed

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Sean Hollister
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Nvidia never denied that it got hacked. The GPU giant just didn't say all that much about what happened, either.

But now - as we wait to see whether the hackers make good on their threat to dump hundreds of gigabytes of proprietary Nvidia data on the web, including details about future graphics chips, by an unspecified Friday deadline - the compromised email alert website Have I Been Pwned suggests that the scope of the hack includes a staggering 71,000 employee emails and hashes that may have allowed the hackers to crack their passwords (via TechCrunch).

It's not clear how Have I Been Pwned obtained this info, and Nvidia won't say. Nvidia would not confirm or deny to The Verge whether 71,000 employee credentials have been compromised,...

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