Security News > 2022 > April > UK charges two teenagers linked to the Lapsus$ hacking group
Two teenagers from the UK charged with helping the Lapsus$ extortion gang have been released on bail after appearing in the Highbury Corner Magistrates Court court on Friday morning.
According to a statement from Detective Inspector Michael O'Sullivan of the City of London Police, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old were charged following an international investigation into members of a hacking group.
"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," O'Sullivan said.
"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."
While the UK police detective didn't name the gang the two teens worked for, a BBC report linked them to the Lapsus$ group today and said they were released on bail, "Subject to certain conditions."
The Lapsus$ gang has been in the news lately because they attacked high-profile tech companies worldwide, including Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, Okta, and Ubisoft, with many of them resulting in massive data leaks.