South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday that the latest cyber attack by a hacking group on its system did not cause “significant damage” to its business, denying that any personal information of its customers and employees was stolen.
Samsung confirmed, in a statement published on the company’s internal forum, that the incident will not affect its business operations, according to what was reported by the Korean (Yonhap) news agency.
“There was no theft of personal information, although the leaked information contained some of the source code needed to operate the Galaxy phones,” the company said in its statement, without going into details.
A hacking group called “Lapsus$” in South America claimed to have succeeded in infiltrating Samsung’s systems and obtained confidential data, including many code for security features, and allegedly leaked up to 190 GB of stolen data via Internet and made available for download via torrent.
Samsung confirmed that it strengthened its security system to protect information as soon as it became aware of the attempted attack, and said, “We are looking for every way to stop the data breach and protect employees and customers, and we sincerely apologize for causing the concern.”
For its part, South Korea’s National Intelligence Agency said it considered the leaked information “not related to key industrial technologies” and stressed that it was working closely with defense companies and private companies “to respond to cyberattacks.”
