LONDON: A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday (Aug 23) found to have hacked Uber and fintech firm Revolut then blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto after a trial at a London court. Arion Kurtaj, 18, embarked on a solo cyber crime spree in September
LONDON: A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group was on Wednesday found to have hacked Uber and fintech firm Revolut then blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto after a trial at a London court.
The teen then hacked Rockstar Games and threatened to release the planned Grand Theft Auto sequel's source code in a Slack message sent to all Rockstar staff.
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