{"id":5174,"date":"2022-03-25T20:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/lapsus-oxford-teen-accused-of-being-multi-millionaire-cyber-criminal"},"modified":"2022-03-25T21:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T21:15:28","slug":"lapsus-oxford-teen-accused-of-being-multi-millionaire-cyber-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/lapsus-oxford-teen-accused-of-being-multi-millionaire-cyber-criminal","title":{"rendered":"Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>A 16-year-old from Oxford has been accused of being one of the leaders of cyber-crime gang Lapsus$.<\/b><\/p>\n

The teenager, who is alleged to have amassed a $14m (\u00a310.6m) fortune from hacking, has been named by rival hackers and researchers.<\/p>\n

City of London Police say they have arrested seven teenagers in relation to the gang but will not say if he is one.<\/p>\n

The boy’s father told the BBC his family was concerned and was trying to keep him away from his computers.<\/p>\n

Under his online moniker “White” or “Breachbase” the teenager, who has autism, is said to be behind the prolific Lapsus$ hacker crew, which is believed to be based in South America.<\/p>\n

Lapsus$ is relatively new but has become one of the most talked about and feared hacker cyber-crime gangs, after successfully breaching major firms like Microsoft and then bragging about it online.<\/p>\n

The teenager, who can’t be named for legal reasons, attends a special educational school in Oxford.<\/p>\n

City of London Police said: “Seven people between the ages of 16 and 21 have been arrested in connection with an investigation into a hacking group. They have all been released under investigation. Our inquiries remain ongoing.”<\/p>\n

Playing online games<\/b><\/p>\n

The boy’s father told the BBC: “I had never heard about any of this until recently. He’s never talked about any hacking, but he is very good on computers and spends a lot of time on the computer. I always thought he was playing games.”<\/p>\n

“We’re going to try to stop him from going on computers.”<\/p>\n

The BBC has also spoken to the boy’s mother, who did not want to comment.<\/p>\n

‘Doxxed’ online<\/b><\/p>\n

“White” was outed – or “doxxed” – on a hacker website, after an apparent falling out with business partners.<\/p>\n

The hackers revealed his name, address, and social media pictures.<\/p>\n

They also posted a biography of his hacking career, saying: “After a few years his net worth accumulated to well over 300BTC [close to $14m]\u2026 [he is] now is affiliated with a wannabe ransomware group known as ‘Lapsus$’, who has been extorting & ‘hacking’ several organisations.”<\/p>\n

As first reported by Bloomberg, cyber-security researchers have been tracking “White” for nearly a year and have linked him to Lapsus$ and other hacking incidents.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had his name since the middle of last year and we identified him before the doxxing,” said Allison Nixon, chief research officer at cyber-security investigation company Unit 221B.<\/p>\n

“Unit 221B working with [cyber-security company] Palo Alto after identifying the actor, watched him on his exploits throughout 2021, periodically sending law enforcement a heads-up about the latest crimes.”<\/p>\n

Mrs Nixon says researchers tracked him through a trail of activity linked through a nearly unbroken stream of the boy’s online accounts.<\/p>\n

“We did it by watching the post history of an account and seeing older posts provide contact information for the guy.”<\/p>\n

Mrs Nixon says the trail was followed thanks to mistakes “White” made in failing to cover his tracks.<\/p>\n

Lapsus$ crew<\/b><\/p>\n

The Lapsus$ cyber-extortion group has gained notoriety in a short space of time thanks to its high-profile targets and active presence on the messaging app Telegram. Its channel has grown to 47,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n

The last message was posted on the channel on Wednesday, with the group saying: “A few of our members has a vacation until 30\/3\/2022. We might be quiet for some times. Thanks for understand us – we will try to leak stuff ASAP.”<\/p>\n

Chris Morgan, from cyber-security company Digital Shadows, says Lapsus$ has risen in prominence in recent months “after targeting several enterprise technology companies, breaching significant amounts of data and posting on to their dedicated Telegram data leak channel”.<\/p>\n

“Little is known of the origins of the group, however, given that Lapsus$’s initial activity was directed towards several organisations in Brazil, some researchers have speculated that the group is based in South America,” Mr Morgan said.<\/p>\n

In a Wednesday blog post, Microsoft said Lapsus$ had gained limited access to its system.<\/p>\n

Security company Okta admitted that it too had been hacked by the group, with consequences for hundreds of its clients.<\/p>\n

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