Samsung at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.Samsung at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

The company said on Monday that it had been the target of a data breach.

The statement from the South Korean electronics giant comes after hacking group Lapsus$ claimed over the weekend that it has stolen 190 gigabytes of confidential SAMSUNG source code.

In its statement, the company did not mention any specific hackers or what data was stolen.

We were recently made aware that there was a security problem with some company data. After discovering the incident, we strengthened our security system.

The personal information of our consumers or employees is not included in the breach, according to our initial analysis.

The consumer products of the company are under the brand name.

The company doesn't anticipate any impact on its business or customers.

The group Lapsus$ claimed responsibility for the data breach of the chip giant.