UK teenagers charged with multiple cyber-offenses over LAPSUS$ hacks

Last week, two UK teenagers got arrested in relation to the LAPSUS$ hacking group and they have now been charged with multiple cyber-offenses. The charges follow successful hacks of Nvidia, Samsung, Okta, and Microsoft by the group.

The two teenagers will remain in police custody while they await trial. Aged 16 and 17, the teenagers appeared at a London court and were released on bail. The two teens will appear at a pretrial hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court this month-end.

They have been charged with three counts of unauthorized access to a computer with intent to impair the reliability of data, one count of fraud by false representation and one count of unauthorized access to a computer with intent to hinder access to data.

In addition, the 16-year-old has also been charged with a count of causing a computer to perform a function to secure unauthorized access to a program.

The charges come as the City of London Police moved to arrest seven suspected LAPSUS$ gang members aged between 16 and 21, with the agency saying that all the individuals had been subsequently “released under investigation.”