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.
Sep 26, 2022, 1:22 PM UTCRichard Lawler
London police arrest, charge teen hacking suspect but won’t confirm GTA 6, Uber links
Police didn’t identify the suspect, but many personal details mirror information uncovered during arrests this spring targeting members of the Lapsus$ hacking group
Sep 19, 2022, 7:42 PM UTCAndrew J. Hawkins
Uber blames Lapsus$ hacking group for security breach
The hack occurred a few days before dozens of GTA VI videos were leaked
Sep 19, 2022, 1:19 PM UTCEmma Roth
Rockstar confirms hack, says work on GTA VI will ‘continue as planned’
Rockstar says it ‘suffered a network intrusion’
Sep 18, 2022, 10:36 AM UTCTom Warren
GTA 6 gameplay leaks online in 90 videos
A massive leak shows early footage of Grand Theft Auto VI
Apr 23, 2022, 4:51 PM UTCEmma Roth
Lapsus$ hackers breached T-Mobile’s systems and stole its source code
No customer or government data was compromised
Apr 20, 2022, 8:42 PM UTCCorin Faife
Okta ends Lapsus$ hack investigation, says breach lasted just 25 minutes
A forensic report concluded that the scope of access was far smaller than first thought, but customer trust may be hard to recover
Mar 30, 2022, 5:04 PM UTCCorin Faife
Lapsus$ gang claims new hack with data from Apple Health partner
The group shared 70GB of files mentioning a range of global businesses
Mar 24, 2022, 3:48 PM UTCJay Peters
Seven teenagers arrested in connection with the Lapsus$ hacking group
Reports surfaced Wednesday indicating a teenager is the group’s mastermind
Mar 23, 2022, 11:52 PM UTCJay Peters
A teen is reportedly the mastermind behind the Lapsus$ hacking group
A Bloomberg report has more details on the group’s supposed leader
Mar 23, 2022, 5:28 PM UTCCorin Faife
Okta says security protocols limited hack, but response came too slow
Chief security officer David Bradbury said that ‘least privilege access’ protocols had contained the worst effects, but criticized a slow forensic report
Mar 22, 2022, 11:06 PM UTCMitchell Clark, Richard Lawler and 1 more
Microsoft confirms Lapsus$ hackers stole source code via ‘limited’ access
Lapsus$ says it has accessed data from Okta, Nvidia, Samsung, and Ubisoft
Mar 22, 2022, 6:39 PM UTCJon Porter and Sam Byford
Okta hack puts thousands of businesses on high alert
Okta lists Peloton, Sonos, T-Mobile, and the FCC among its 15,000 customers
Mar 12, 2022, 12:36 AM UTCJay Peters
Ubisoft says it experienced a ‘cyber security incident’, and the purported Nvidia hackers are taking credit
Ubisoft believes no personal player information was exposed
Mar 7, 2022, 11:18 AM UTCJames Vincent
Samsung confirms hackers stole Galaxy source code
The same group behind a recent Nvidia hack has claimed responsibility
Mar 4, 2022, 10:50 PM UTCSean Hollister
As Nvidia hacker deadline looms, 71,000 employee accounts have reportedly been exposed
Have I Been Pwned says the hackers cracked Nvidia employees’ emails
Mar 2, 2022, 1:53 AM UTCMitchell Clark
Nvidia says its ‘proprietary information’ is being leaked by hackers
Last week, it confirmed it was investigating an “incident”
Feb 26, 2022, 11:41 PM UTCSean Hollister
Nvidia confirms it’s investigating an ‘incident,’ reportedly a cyberattack
There’s nothing yet linking it to the Russia-Ukraine conflict
