Nvidia Investigates Cyberattack, Reports Business ‘Uninterrupted’

Nvidia is looking into a cyberattack on its computer systems, Bloomberg wrote Friday.

The report cites an earlier Telegraph report saying Nvidia’s systems had been knocked offline for up to two days.

The company said there wasn’t a disruption in its business.

“Our business and commercial activities continue uninterrupted,” the California chipmaker said in an emailed statement Friday. “We are still working to evaluate the nature and scope of the event and don’t have any additional information to share at this time.”

Cyberattacks have been on the rise lately, as the pandemic provided ripe opportunities for hackers to take advantage of the mass migration to online services.

Read more: Ransomware Reaches Beyond Money With More Sinister Goals

A report from Chainalysis found that ransomware payments hit $602 million last year, with the real number likely higher.

“In fact, despite these numbers, anecdotal evidence, plus the fact that ransomware revenue in the first half of 2021 exceeded that of the first half of 2020, suggests to us that 2021 will eventually be revealed to have been an even bigger year for ransomware,” the report indicated.

Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is one aspect of cryptocriminal activity that has benefited from ready-made malware tools that cybercriminals can buy and deploy without much expertise.

And the attacks also have bigger targets than just taking money, with some of them prompted by political goals and disrupting government operations.

Read more: Nvidia Makes Its Omniverse Free to Creators

PYMNTS wrote in January that Nvidia was making its Omniverse available for free for studio creators, including those using GeForce, RTX and NVIDIA RTX graphics processing unit (GPUs).

The company said on its blog that Omniverse will let creators use design apps to make 3D assets and scenes from their laptops or work stations.

Omniverse was launched in beta in 2021, and has now been downloaded by almost 100,000 creators, according to Nvidia.