Two youths have been charged by UK police with carrying out a series of cyber-attacks in the service of the Lapsus $ group. The 16- and 17-year-old members of the group that attacked the websites of Grupo Impresa, part of the Expresso newspaper, are due to appear in Hyper Corner Magistrates’ Court this Friday.
According to the BBC, Teens have been charged with various crimes online and are in police custody. Two youths have been arrested during an international police investigation into the Lapsus $ hacking group.
The group has wreaked havoc on the systems of big companies such as Microsoft, Samsung and Nvidia, and has been successful in its efforts online.
Last week, the FBI launched an international appeal for information about members of the Lapsus $ group.
According to Michael O’Sullivan, head of the London Police’s cybercrime unit, the three allegations are that two young men accessed the computer without authorization with the intent of undermining the authenticity of the data, as well as a fraudulent and unauthorized access to the computer with the intent of preventing access to the data.
The 16-year-old was also charged with operating a computer to secure unauthorized access to a program.
Police announced the arrest of seven people last week. Age between 16 and 21 years Across the UK. Oh Expresso reveals a few days ago that the Cyber Crime Unit of the Criminal Police helped the British authorities To stop one of the most active hacker groups in recent months
At the time of the arrest, the Lapsus $ group revealed to its 45,000 followers on the social networking Telegram that some of its members were “on vacation.”
On Wednesday, they returned to the charge, resumed publishing and uncovered stolen items from an Argentine-based software development company.
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