Episode 38 - Lapsu$

Dark room vulnerabilities, teenage hackers and the power of social engineering. This is the story of the Lapsu$ hacking group.

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Created, Produced & Hosted by Keith Korneluk

Written & Researched by David Burgis

Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Greg Bernhard

Theme Song You Are Digital by Computerbandit

Sources

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilsayegh/2023/03/15/teenagers-leveraging-insider-threats-lapsus-hacker-group/?sh=627e02d74e43

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60864283

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22994563/lapsus-hacking-group-london-police-arrest-microsoft-nvidia

https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252526365/Brazil-arrests-alleged-Lapsus-hacker

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/a-closer-look-at-the-lapsus-data-extortion-group/

https://therecord.media/hackers-leak-full-ea-data-after-failed-extortion-attempt

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvkqb/how-ea-games-was-hacked-slack

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5xpx/hackers-steal-data-electronic-arts-ea-fifa-source-code

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3a8av8/researchers-found-a-list-of-electronic-arts-ea-slack-channels

https://securityboulevard.com/2022/03/a-closer-look-at-the-lapsus-data-extortion-group/

https://www.pcgamer.com/alleged-grand-theft-auto-6-hacker-pleads-not-guilty/

https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-another-alleged-gta-6-leak-this-time-with-video/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/269696/revenue-of-electronic-arts-since-2005/

https://twitter.com/mossab_hussein

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/EA/electronic-arts/number-of-employees

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/how-much-money-does-ea-sports-make-from-fifa--ultimate-team/r1tbutqcbjhx19gkz54rtrp68

https://flashpoint.io/blog/lapsus/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/brazils-health-ministry-website-hit-by-hacker-attack-systems-down-2021-12-10/

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/cyberattack-targeting-brazilian-ministry-of-health-wipes-covid-19-vaccination-data/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/technology/uber-hacking-breach.html

https://adguard.com/en/blog/lapsus-digest.html

https://fortune.com/2022/03/24/mastermind-lapsus-microsoft-nvidia-okta-hack-16-year-old-living-mom/

https://www.itechpost.com/articles/109799/20220330/apple-meta-scammed-hackers-handing-over-user-data.htm

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/hackers-gaining-power-of-subpoena-via-fake-emergency-data-requests/

https://web.archive.org/web/20210410013319/http://recursion.team/#https://t.me/everlynn_uwu

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/04/leaked-chats-show-lapsus-stole-t-mobile-source-code/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60864283 - details on kid/autism, people tracking him

https://hothardware.com/news/lapsus-strikes-again-hackers-seem-have-targeted-microsofts-devops-platform