Israeli Firm Finds 32 Banned Nvidia B300 Chips Linked to China Telecom

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Israeli security firm Lava discovered 32 Nvidia B300 GPUs, banned from export to China, associated with China Telecom addresses. The chips were identified via Nvidia's DCGM Exporter, a monitoring tool left exposed without password protection by operators. This incident highlights the technical traces of illicit high-end chip circulation and infrastructure configuration vulnerabilities.

LATEST/Israeli security firm Lava discovered 32 Nvidia B300 GPUs, banned from export to China, associated with China Telecom addresses. The chips were identified via Nvidia's DCGM Exporter, a monitoring tool left exposed without password protection by operators. This incident highlights the technical traces of illicit high-end chip circulation and infrastructure configuration vulnerabilities.

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Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai)T2·Oct 22, 23:0668 pts
Israeli Firm Finds 32 Banned Nvidia B300 Chips Linked to China Telecom
- Lava found 32 Nvidia B300 chips, banned for sale to China, behind China Telecom-associated addresses.
- The leak originated from an unprotected Nvidia DCGM Exporter GPU monitoring tool.
- Demonstrates how infrastructure monitoring data can trace the flow of restricted hardware.
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