A teen is reportedly the mastermind behind the Lapsus$ hacking group
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XEKE)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In recent weeks, the Lapsus$ hacking group has taken credit for accessing company data from Nvidia, Samsung, Ubisoft, Okta, and even Microsoft, and according to a new Bloomberg report, an England-based teenager might be the person heading up the operation.
Four researchers investigating the hacking group Lapsus$, on behalf of companies that were attacked, said they believe the teenager is the mastermind," Bloomberg said. However, the teenager, who apparently uses the online aliases White" and breachbase," has not been accused by law enforcement, and the researchers haven't been able to conclusively tie him to every hack Lapsus$ has claimed," Bloomberg said.
The teenager is apparently based about five miles outside of Oxford...