In true hacker-speak fashion, Hacker group ShinyHunters says it recently “owned” Nvidia GeForce Now, claiming it had obtained a “Full Database Leak” of users’ accounts, including personal information such as names, email addresses, membership status, and more. The breach has officially been confirmed by Nvidia, though its scope is much smaller than we initially thought.

Nvidia officially supports its cloud gaming service, GeForce Now, with a large number of first-party servers around the world. However, not every region is covered by Nvidia. This is where the ‘Alliance Partners’ step in, serving regions such as Australia, New Zealand, and many more. Rather than GFN as a whole, one of these partners, operating within Armenia, has been breached.

Armenia-based Nvidia GFN partner hit by database leak

Nvidia says GFN.AM is the only Alliance Partner affected by this database leak. Alongside Armenia, GFN.AM provides coverage in several neighboring countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Nvidia maintains a full list of regions supported by GFN on its website here. In the statement below, Nvidia confirms that no first-party services are affected.

“Our investigation found no impact to NVIDIA-operated services. The issue is limited to systems run by a third-party GeForce NOW Alliance partner based in Armenia. We are working closely with the partner to support their investigation and resolution. Impacted users will be notified by GFN.am.”

Source: Nvidia, speaking to VideoCardz

Those affected should be hearing (or have already heard) from GFN.AM about the breach, with the next steps for resolution. At the same time, users should be cautious of any potential phishing emails that aim to trick those affected by using Nvidia or GeForce Now branding.

Based on the leaked information posted online, passwords have not been leaked; only time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) have been revealed. Either way, we imagine that updating your information is recommended.

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