A London jury has found that an 18-year-old member of the Lapsus$ data extortion gang helped hack multiple high-profile companies, stole data from them, and demanded a ransom threatening to leak the information.
Kurtaj is autistic and was not deemed fit to be in court. However, a jury was asked to determine if he was responsible for the alleged hacking activity, disregarding criminal intent.
Court Finds That Teenage Hackers Were Central to Data Breaches of Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games
It's official: a band of British teenagers managed to hack some of the biggest companies on the planet last year, and they did it all using fairly basic hacking techniques.
At many points, LAPSUS$ operated unconventionally—and boldly. Case in point: the teens are said to have hacked some of their biggest targets—including Rockstar Games, Uber, and Nvidia—while they were out on bail for their previous hacking crimes.
Lazarus Group, APT38 Set to Try Cashing Out $40M BTC: FBI
North Korean hackers may attempt to cash out stolen bitcoin (BTC) worth more than $40 million, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement on Tuesday.
The North Korea-based Lazarus Group and APT38 were reportedly behind a series of cryptocurrency hacks earlier this year, including the $60 million theft from payment processor Alphapo and the $100 million exploit of Atomic Wallet , the FBI said.
North Korea's Lazarus hackers behind recent crypto heists: FBI
The FBI has attributed three recent cyberattacks on cryptocurrency platforms to the North Korean government's APT38 hacking group — known by many researchers as Lazarus or TraderTraitor .
June saw three headline-grabbing incidents involving cryptocurrency companies: a $100 million hack of Atomic Wallet on June 2 , as well as two June 22 attacks in which cybercriminals stole $60 million from Alphapo and $37 million from CoinsPaid .
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