Last week, two UK teenagers got arrested in relation to the LAPSUS$ hacking group and they have now been charged with multiple cyber-offenses. The charges follow successful hacks of Nvidia, Samsung, Okta, and Microsoft by the group.
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The two teenagers will remain in police custody while they await trial. Aged 16 and 17, the teenagers appeared at a London court and were released on bail. The two teens will appear at a pretrial hearing at Londonās Southwark Crown Court this month-end.
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They have been charged with three counts of unauthorized access to a computer with intent to impair the reliability of data, one count of fraud by false representation and one count of unauthorized access to a computer with intent to hinder access to data.
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In addition, the 16-year-old has also been charged with a count of causing a computer to perform a function to secure unauthorized access to a program.
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The charges come as the City of London Police moved to arrest seven suspected LAPSUS$ gang members aged between 16 and 21, with the agency saying that all the individuals had been subsequently āreleased under investigation.ā
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