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Hacking group overview:
- Who: Two teenagers — 18-year-old Arion Kurtaj and an unnamed 17-year-old — were found to have been involved in hacking companies including Nvidia Corp., Uber Technologies Inc. and Rockstar Games Inc. with Lapsus$ cybercrime group, per Law360.
- Why: The teenagers were found to be part of a series of hacking incidents that led to millions in damage related to those companies.
- Where: A Southwark Crown Court jury in London found that the teens hacking led to the damage.
A pair of teenagers were found to be involved in hacking companies including Nvidia Corp., Uber Technologies Inc. and Rockstar Games Inc. with Lapsus$ cybercrime group, a Southwark Crown Court jury in London found, according to Law360.
Teenagers Arion Kurtaj, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old, were determined to have committed the acts but weren’t found guilty or not guilty, because Kurtaj was found not fit to stand trial in the hacking group case, Law360 reported.
The teens were involved in everything from hacking attacks to fraud and ransom against businesses such as Revolut, Uber, Rockstar, British Telecommunications PLC and Nvidia. In one case, millions in money were demanded and spent to repair internal computer system damage, according to Law360.
Kurtaj was found guilty of hacking, blackmail, fraud, violation of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, and failing to disclose a phone PIN to police. The 17-year-old was found guilty of blackmail, fraud and carrying out an unauthorized act to impair operation of a computer, according to Law360. In that case, an attack on Nvidia, Lapsus$ hacked information and then held a terabyte of data hostage with the threat of releasing the data if ransom was not paid.
Hacking group was part of releasing early footage of GTA VI, costing Rockstar $1.5M
Prosecutor Kevin Barry of The 36 Group called the pair members of a group that were “digital bandits” and were announcing attacks with glee. They were accused of being involved with Lapsus$ leaking Grand Theft Auto VI videos to a fan website, which cost Rockstar $1.5 million, according to Law360.
Barts Health NHS Trust recently said it is investigating a cybersecurity incident after being added to the dark web leak site of a ransomware gang claiming to have stolen 70 terabytes of sensitive data.
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