Lapsus$ hackers breached T-Mobile’s systems and stole its source code
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YFS4)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Lapsus$ hacking group stole T-Mobile's source code in a series of breaches that took place in March, as first reported by Krebs on Security. T-Mobile confirmed the attack in a statement to The Verge, and says the systems accessed contained no customer or government information or other similarly sensitive information."
In copies of private messages obtained by Krebs, the Lapsus$ hacking group discussed targeting T-Mobile in the week prior to the arrest of seven of its teenage members. After purchasing employees' credentials online, the members could use the company's internal tools - like Atlas, T-Mobile's customer management system - to perform SIM swaps. This type of attack involves hijacking a target's mobile phone by...