NVIDIA Confirms GeForce NOW Data Breach Affecting Regional Alliance Partner

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Hackers have managed to infiltrate a regional GeForce NOW partner and make off with sensitive user information, including full names, email addresses, and other private data, NVIDIA confirmed. Fortunately, the data breach is limited to one specific region and does not affect GeForce NOW users worldwide, only a third-party Alliance partner in Armenia.

"Our investigation found no impact on 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," NVIDIA said in a statement to BleepingComputer.

GFN.am is the regional operator for NVIDIA's GeForce NOW cloud game streaming service in Armenia. It runs its own authentication systems and maintains local customer databases and billing platforms, which effectively isolates the data breach from having a wider reach. That's good news, especially...

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