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How fame-seeking teenagers hacked some of the world’s biggest targets

Getty Images reader comments 11 with A ragtag bunch of amateur hackers, many of them teenagers with little technical training, have been so adept at breaching large targets, including Microsoft, Okta, Nvidia, and Globant, that the federal government is studying their methods to get a better grounding in cybersecurity. The group, known as Lapsus$, is… Read More »

IT giant Globant discloses hack after Lapsus$ leaks 70GB of stolen data

reader comments 28 with 27 posters participating Share this story IT and software development firm Globant said in a statement Wednesday that it experienced a network breach. The statement appeared to confirm claims made by Lapsus$, a group that has successfully compromised Microsoft, Nvidia, Okta, and other victims in recent weeks. Lapsus$ is a relative… Read More »

Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever

reader comments 49 with 33 posters participating Share this story Data extortionists who stole up to 1 terabyte of data from Nvidia have delivered one of the most unusual ultimatums ever in the annals of cybercrime: allow Nvidia’s graphics cards to mine cryptocurrencies faster or face the imminent release of the company’s crown-jewel source code.… Read More »