The Department of Justice unsealed two indictments today charging four defendants, all Russian nationals who worked for the Russian government, with attempting, supporting and conducting computer intrusions that together, in two separate conspiracies, targeted the global energy sector between 2012 and 2018. In total, these hacking campaigns targeted thousands of computers, at hundreds of companies…
Category: Hack
London police make arrests related to Lapsus$
BBC reports: A 16-year-old from Oxford has been accused of being one of the leaders of cyber-crime gang Lapsus$. The teenager, who is alleged to have amassed a $14m (£10.6m) fortune from hacking, has been named by rival hackers and researchers. City of London Police say they have arrested seven teenagers in relation to the…
Okta’s response to Lapsus$’s claimed hack has people asking, “Why didn’t you tell us in January?”
Yesterday was not a great day for Okta. Their CSO, David Bradbury, issued a statement responding to Lapsus$’s claimed hack, but his statement led to a counter-response by Lapsus$ and even more critically, perhaps, people started asking why, if Okta knew about something in January, they had not disclosed it then. First, here’s Bradbury’s statement:…
Microsoft confirms they were hacked by Lapsus$ extortion group
Lawrence Abrams reports: In a new blog post published tonight, Microsoft has confirmed that one of their employee’s accounts was compromised by Lapsus$, providing limited access to source code repositories. “No customer code or data was involved in the observed activities. Our investigation has found a single account had been compromised, granting limited access. Our…
Ca: Dang claims he hacked Alberta vaccine passport system using Kenney’s birthday to highlight flaws
Ashley Joannou reports: Edmonton-South MLA Thomas Dang has admitted to hacking the Alberta government’s COVID-19 vaccine record system last year using Premier Jason Kenney’s birthday. In an exclusive interview with Postmedia, Dang, who resigned from the NDP caucus in December and now sits as an independent, said he did it to highlight security vulnerabilities and…
Okta, Microsoft both investigating new claims by Lapsus$ hacking group
Ax Sharma reports: Okta, a leading provider of authentication services and Identity and access management (IAM) solutions says it is investigating claims of data breach. On Tuesday, data extortion group Lapsus$ posted screenshots in their Telegram channel of what it alleges to be Okta’s customer data. So far, the company seems to be claiming that…