LAPSUS$ CYBERATTACKS: Latest news on the prolific hacking group run by teens

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Lapsus$ cyberattacks: the latest news on the hacking group

A prolific hacking group run by teens

Contributors: Verge Staff

"The Lapsus$ hacking group first made headlines when it waged a ransomware attack against the Brazilian Ministry of Health in December 2021, compromising the COVID-19 vaccination data of millions within the country.

Since then, it has targeted a number of high-profile technology companies, stealing data from Nvidia, Samsung, Microsoft, and Vodafone. Lapsus$ also managed to disrupt some of Ubisoft’s services and also gained access to an Okta contractor’s laptop, putting the data of thousands of companies that use the service at risk. It’s also suspected to be behind last year’s attack on EA Games.

Shortly after the attack on Okta, a report pinned an England-based teenager as the mastermind behind the hacking group and said another teen member may reside in Brazil. One member of the group is reportedly so skilled at hacking that researchers thought their work was automated. On March 24th, the London police made seven arrests in connection with the Lapsus$ group, all of whom are teenagers.

Here are all the latest updates on the Lapsus$ group.

10 Total Updates Since
Feb 26, 2022, 6:41pm EST

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• March 24

  Seven teenagers arrested in connection with the Lapsus$ hacking group

  By Jay Peters@jaypeters

  Reports surfaced Wednesday indicating a teenager is the group’s mastermind

• March 23

  A teen is reportedly the mastermind behind the Lapsus$ hacking group

  By Jay Peters@jaypeters

  A Bloomberg report has more details on the group’s supposed leader

• March 23

  Okta says security protocols limited hack, but response came too slow

  By Corin Faife@corintxt

  Chief security officer David Bradbury said that ‘least privilege access’ protocols had contained the worst effects, but criticized a slow forensic report
• March 22

  Microsoft confirms Lapsus$ hackers stole source code via ‘limited’ access

  By Mitchell Clark, Richard Lawler, and Jay Peters

  Lapsus$ says it has accessed data from Okta, Nvidia, Samsung, and Ubisoft

  25 comments / new
• March 22

  Okta hack puts thousands of businesses on high alert

  By Jon Porter and Sam Byford

  Okta lists Peloton, Sonos, T-Mobile, and the FCC among its 15,000 customers

  13 comments / new
• March 11

  Ubisoft says it experienced a ‘cyber security incident’, and the purported Nvidia hackers are taking credit

  By Jay Peters@jaypeters

  Ubisoft believes no personal player information was exposed

• March 7

  Samsung confirms hackers stole Galaxy source code

  By James Vincent

  The same group behind a recent Nvidia hack has claimed responsibility

  22 comments / new
• March 4

  As Nvidia hacker deadline looms, 71,000 employee accounts have reportedly been exposed

  By Sean Hollister@StarFire2258

  Have I Been Pwned says the hackers cracked Nvidia employees’ emails

  5 comments / new
• March 1

  Nvidia says its ‘proprietary information’ is being leaked by hackers

  By Mitchell Clark

  Last week, it confirmed it was investigating an "incident"

  12 comments / new
• February 26

  Nvidia confirms it’s investigating an ‘incident,’ reportedly a cyberattack

  By Sean Hollister@StarFire2258

  There’s nothing yet linking it to the Russia-Ukraine conflict