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Hacker Organization Lapsus $ Squiries suspected 16-year-old British teenager

Sina Technology Beijing time early March, this week, a 16-year-old boy in Oxford in British was accused of the header of information security criminal gang Lapsus $. Other hackers and researchers revealed that this boy accumulated a $ 14 million (10.6 million pounds) wealth through hackers.

The London City police said that seven young people related to the gang have been arrested, but they did not reveal whether he was one of them. The father of this boy said that his family worried about this and tried to let him stay away from the computer.

The nickname "White" or "Breachbase" is "White" or "Breachbase". He is considered to be headquartered in South America's hacker gang lapsus $ behind the scene. Lapsus $ has a long time, but after successful breaking of Microsoft and other companies, after sending these "grades", it has become one of the most attention, the most fearful hacker gang.

Due to legal reasons, the name of this teenager has not been announced. He studied a special education school in Oxford.

The London City police said: "7 people between ages 16 to 21 were arrested for alleged hackers. They then released in the survey, but the investigation is still in progress."

The boy's father said: "Until recently I heard this matter. He never talks about hackers, but he is very in the computer, and spends a lot of time on the computer. I always thought he was playing games." " We will try to stop him from using computers. "

After being turned with partners, "White" was exposed on a hacking website. Other hackers have leaked his name, address and social media photos. They also released his hacking career, saying: "After several years, his net assets have accumulated more than 300 bits (close to $ 14 million). He now belongs to a lossus software called Lapsus $ Gang, the gang has been selling and invading multiple organizations. "

Information security researchers track "White" has been close to the time and linked him with Lapsus $ with other hackers. Information Security Survey Company Unit 221b Chief Researcher Ellison Nixon said: "We knew his name from the middle of last year. We confirmed his identity before he was exposed." "In confirming this After the hacker, 221B and Information Security Company Palo Alto cooperated to monitor his trend throughout 2021, regularly sending notifications on the latest criminal activities. "

Nixon also said that researchers track him through almost uninterrupted activities on this juvenile Internet account. "We observed a posting post history, and saw contact information in older post." The reason why it can track his activity, because "White" turned wrong, no traces of his own .

Lapsus $ is named with its high-profile goals and active in the Telegram platform, and its Telegram channel has attracted 47,000 pairs. The last message of the organization was released on Wednesday, which show: "Some members of our members will take a break until March 30, 2022. We may be silent for a while. Thank you for your understanding."

Chris Morgan (Chris Morgan) said that in recent months, in recent months, in recent months, the goal is given to several enterprise technology companies, leaked a lot of data, and released it to dedicated Telegram data leakage channels. Lapsus $ has a rapid improvement. "However, the outside world is very little about the origin of the organization. Since LapSus $ initial activities are for several organizations in Brazil, some researchers have speculated that the organization's headquarters is located in South America."

In the blog articles on Wednesday, Microsoft said that Lapsus $ has gained limited access to its system. Information security company OKTA also admitted that there was a hacker attack by Lapsus $ affected hundreds of customers.