Security News > 2022 > April > More charged in UK Lapsus$ investigation

British police have charged two teenagers as part of an international investigation into the Lapsus$ cyber extortion gang.

"Both teenagers have been charged with: three counts of unauthorised access to a computer with intent to impair the reliability of data; one count of fraud by false representation and one count of unauthorised access to a computer with intent to hinder access to data. The 16-year-old has also been charged with one count of causing a computer to perform a function to secure unauthorised access to a program," he said.

The arrests are part of an international police investigation into the Lapsus$ gang, which this week was said to be back at work, despite the previous arrest of seven alleged operatives.

Identity management platform Okta says the Lapsus$ extortion gang may have gained unauthorized access to some of its customers' data, and Microsoft has confirmed the crew accessed source code.

In an updated post detailing Okta's response to claims of an intrusion, chief security officer David Bradbury revealed that "a small percentage of customers - approximately 2.5 percent - have potentially been impacted and whose data may have been viewed or acted upon."

Last week, City of London Police detained and released seven people aged 16 to 21 in connection with the investigation.

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