Nvidia hackers selling software unlock for graphics card crypto mining limiters
The hacking group is holding Nvidia to ransom demanding that it unlocks hash rate limiters on its high-end graphics cards. 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....
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The NiceHash mining software has released an update that unlocks 100% Ethereum hashrate on Nvidia’s LHR RTX graphics cards. Ethereum Miners Can Now Completely Circumvent Nvidia’s LHR The “Lite Hash Rate” (LHR) is an updated version of the RTX graphics cards series that comes preinstalled with a limiter on the mining power. There was an […]
Nvidia's own software update inadvertently removed the RTX 3060's Ether-mining hash rate limiter. A software update released by Nvidia inadvertently bypassed the Ether (ETH) mining block the firm placed on its own GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card. A spokesperson for Nvidia confirmed on Tuesday that the latest 470.05 driver update was mistakenly released with code intended for use only by Nvidia developers, which allowed for the removal of the hash rate limiter.“A developer driver inadvertently included code used for internal development which removes the hash rate limiter on RTX 3060 in some....
Nvidia’s RTX 3070 and 3080 Ti models will go on sale over the course of the coming month. Nvidia’s new 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti graphics cards will launch with Ethereum hash rate limiters built in when they go on sale later this month. Nvidia announced the pending release of the new cards during its Computex 2021 livestream on Monday, where it unveiled specifications and release dates for both models.Of particular interest to cryptocurrency enthusiasts is Nvidia’s decision to launch the cards with in-built limiters aimed at curbing their Ether-mining utility. The company had previously pledged....
The global head of GeForce marketing at Nvidia said that the reduced hash rate "only applies to newly manufactured cards," not to GPUs already purchased. Graphics card giant Nvidia said that the hash rate limiter on its RTX 3060 graphics cards would also be introduced in other RTX 30 series GPUs in an attempt to disincentivize crypto miners.In an announcement from Nvidia on Tuesday, the company said it would be applying a reduced Ethereum hash rate to its newly manufactured GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards. The models will be identified by a “Lite Hash Rate,” or....