August 25, 2023
At 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the …
August 24, 2023
A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found by a London jury to have hacked Uber and fintech firm Revolut, and blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto. Arion Kurtaj, 18, embarked on a …
December 5, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board said it will study the Lapsus$ hacking group, which has been accused of carrying out breaches at major US companies this year. The board, comprised of senior government cyber officials and …
September 20, 2022
Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday a hacker affiliated with the Lapsus$ hacking group was responsible for a cyber attack that forced the ride-hailing company to shut several internal communications temporarily last week. Uber said the attacker had not accessed …
August 11, 2022
Cisco Systems Inc. said it was the victim of a cyberattack in which a hacker repeatedly attempted to gain access to the Silicon Valley firm’s corporate network. Cisco said it became aware of a potential compromise on May 24, and …
April 5, 2022
The City of London police, which has been investigating the Lapsus$ hacking group, said on Friday it had charged two teenagers with cyber offenses. A 16-year-old and 17-year-old were charged with unauthorized access to a computer with intent to impair …
March 25, 2022
Police in Britain have arrested seven people following a series of hacks by the Lapsus$ hacking group which targeted major firms including Okta Inc. and Microsoft Corp., City of London Police said on Thursday. San Francisco-based Okta Inc, whose authentication …
March 24, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers investigating a string of hacks against technology companies, including Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp., have traced the attacks to a 16-year-old living at his mother’s house near Oxford, England. Four researchers investigating the hacking group Lapsus$, on behalf …