nVidia Breached

An email outlining the breach was sent to NVIDIA employees on Wednesday December 17th from the privacy office informing them that a breach had occurred and that their individual information had been compromised. It was unclear from the email how many staff were affected by this breach. The current staff complement tallies in around 8,800. The employee user accounts and passwords were compromised and users were urged to:

1. Monitor their financial statements
2. Contact the police if they are subject to ID Theft
3. Be cognizant of phishing emails
4. Change passwords and not use the same passwords for different accounts.

Based off the bullet points, it leads me to believe that an HR system was found to be compromised. These are also common topics in a security awareness program.