UK police arrested a 17-year-old teenager in Oxfordshire final night time on suspicion of hacking.
The boy, who has not been named, was arrested as a part of an investigation by the Nationwide Crime Company (NCA). He stays in police custody.
Though on the time of writing no extra particulars have been shared, there’s hypothesis on-line that the arrest is in relation to the current hacks of Uber and Rockstar Video games.
The hacks made headlines around the globe, with supply code and inside movies of a forthcoming model of Rockstar’s “Grand Theft Auto” online game franchise leaking on-line.
As we described on the newest “Smashing Safety” podcast, Uber stated it believed that it had been hacked by the infamous LAPSUS$ group.
Earlier this yr, UK police arrested seven individuals after hacks in opposition to companies akin to Microsoft, NVIDIA, Ubisoft, Samsung, and Okta. The entire hacks, like these in opposition to Uber and Rockstar Video games, have been linked to the LAPSUS$ group.
On the time, the daddy of a type of arrested (who occurred to reside in Oxford) stated that he hoped to persuade his teenage son to cease utilizing computer systems.
The FBI has requested the general public’s help in figuring out anyone related with the LAPSUS$ group.
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