The Rise of the Hacking Group LAPSUS$

<p>It started with SIM swapping and escalated into hacks of Okta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and EA. They’re LAPSUS$, a hacking collective that’s been the boogeyman of big corporations for the past few years. People have wondered about their motivations and identities.</p><br><p>Now, seven of them have been arrested. They’re mostly teenagers who used unsophisticated methods to get the better of some of the world’s most powerful companies.</p><br><p>On today’s episode of Cyber, Motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox walks us through what happened. It’s the subject of <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/3abedn/who-is-lapsus-hacking-gang" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">his story</a> “LAPSUS$: How a Sloppy Extortion Gang Became One of the Most Prolific Hacking Groups.”</p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live on Wednesdays at 4pm EST.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>