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12144609461?profile=RESIZE_400xBritish prosecutors say teen Lapsus$ member was behind hacks on Uber, Rockstar.  Earlier this week a British Crown Court lifted a reporting restriction, allowing the naming of a teenager who is accused of hacking Uber, Revolut, and video game developer Rockstar Games in a short period of time last September.  The teen, who is now 18, has been deemed not fit to stand trial by medical professionals.  The jury will decide whether he is liable for the hacking incidents rather than guilty of them.[1]

10825337671?profile=RESIZE_400xActivity Summary - Week Ending on 23 September 2022:

  • Red Sky Alliance identified 24,982 connections from new IP’s checking in with our Sinkholes
  • Amazon Technologies Inc hit 138x
  • Analysts identified 1,144 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
  • Shikitega Malware
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Ragnar
  • RedLine Stealer
  • Uber Hack
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Republika Srpska

Link to full report: IR-22-267-001_weekly267.pdf

10816096095?profile=RESIZE_400xSo, I just got back from a trip to Georgia, the one in the US.  I used Uber three times.  Convenient, clean, hassle-free and the drivers were very nice.  An over-all great experience.  Until……Uber has reported this past weekend it is investigating a major cyber security breach that has forced it to take several critical systems offline following an alleged social engineering attack on an employee by an apparent teenage hacktivist.

The incident was exposed last week on 15 September, when an indiv