Security News > 2022 > September > UK Police arrests teen believed to be behind Uber, Rockstar hacks

The City of London police announced on Twitter today the arrest of a British 17-year-old teen suspected of being involved in recent cyberattacks.

While there are no details about the investigation, the arrest is believed to be tied to the Lapsus$ hacking group, which is suspected to be behind recent cyberattacks on Uber, Rockstar Games, and 2K. During last year's attacks, the Lapsus$ hacking group was said to be led by a threat actor named 'White' or 'BreachBase,' who was doxxed as allegedly a 16-year-old teen from the UK. This hacking group is responsible for numerous high-profile attacks, including Microsoft, Cisco, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Okta.

This threat actor claimed that they breached Rockstar Game's Slack and Confluence servers to steal the data and also said they were behind the recent attack on Uber.

The owner of the Breached hacking forum, pompompurin, was the first to claim claimed that White was behind the Rockstar Games and Uber attacks.

Journalist Matthew Keys says that it was a 17-year-old boy who was arrested over the hack of Rockstar, and likely Uber.

UPDATE: Arrest of 17-year-old by police in the United Kingdom over hack of Rockstar and possibly Uber was done in concert with an investigation conducted by the FBI, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

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