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A familiar tactic popularized by chaotic crime crew Lapsus$

A Single Developer Downloaded a Poisoned VS Code Extension, and Now LookGitHub warned late Tuesday that hackers stole roughly 3,800 internal repositories from the Microsoft-owned platform after a developer used a poisoned VS Code script, which is developed by Microsoft. TeamPCP and Lapsus$ appear to be cooperating to sell the stolen data for $95,000.

Application security company Checkmarx has confirmed that the LAPSUS$ threat group leaked data stolen from its private GitHub repository. [...]

TeamPCP is exploring ways to monetize the secrets harvested during supply chain attacks, with identified ties to the Lapsus$ and Vect ransomware gangs

Crims 'creating a snowball effect' across open source projects RSAC 2026 Thousands of organizations' cloud environments have been infected with secret-stealing malware as a result of the Trivy supply-chain attack last week, and now the crims that compromised the open source scanners are working with notorious extortion crews like Lapsus$.…

Uncovered: Typosquatted Domains Linked to Suspected Ransomware Group CampaignContinuing its targeting of customer data, the cybercrime group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters appears to be gearing up for large-scale attacks involving typosquatted domains that lead to phishing domains designed to steal Zendesk users' valid credentials, warn security researchers.

A prolific cybercriminal group that calls itself "Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters" made headlines regularly this year by stealing data from and publicly mass extorting dozens of major corporations. But the tables seem to have turned somewhat for "Rey," the moniker chosen by the technical operator and public face of the hacker group: Earlier this week, Rey confirmed his real life identity and agreed to an interview after KrebsOnSecurity tracked him down and contacted his father.

Cybercrime Group ShinyHunters Claims to Steal Data From 300 OrganizationsThe attack that targeted customer data management tool Gainsight resulted in the theft of information from approximately 300 Salesforce-using firms, the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters subgroup ShinyHunters has claimed. Salesforce and Gainsight have shared more details as their investigation continues.

Criminals Claim Leak of Customer Data From Six Victims, Including Qantas AirlinesA ransomware group that's been extorting Salesforce customers leaked some stolen data, following the FBI disrupting its shakedown sites. ShinyHunters, part of the rebranded Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters group, after leaking data from six victims, declared its Salesforce customer shakedown over.

After claiming it would shut down, the cybercriminal collective reemerged and threatened to publish the stolen data of Salesforce customers by Oct. 10 if its demands are not met.

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Claims 1 Billion Stolen Records, Pressures Victims to PayContinuing its ongoing extortion of Salesforce customers, the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters ransomware operation has launched a data leak site, claiming to have stolen 1 billion records from hundreds of organizations that integrated Salesforce with the Salesloft Drift AI chatbot.

JLR said it is investigating following claims by the actor “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” that it had stolen data from the firm and had issued an extortion demand

​The source code for Grand Theft Auto 5 was reportedly leaked on Christmas Eve, a little over a year after the Lapsus$ threat actors hacked Rockstar games and stole corporate data. [...]

Arion Kurtaj will remain hospitalized until a mental health tribunal says he can leave Two British teens who were members of the Lapsus$ gang have been sentenced for their roles in a cyber-crime spree that included compromising Uber, Nvidia, and fintech firm Revolut, and also blackmailing Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games.…

Lapsus$ cybercrime and extortion group member, Arion Kurtaj has been sentenced to life in a 'secure hospital' by a UK judge. Kurtaj who is 18 years of age and autistic is among the primary Lapsus$ threat actors, and was involved in the leak of assets associated with the video game, Grand Theft Auto VI. [...]

Two U.K. teenagers have been convicted by a jury in London for being part of the notorious LAPSUS$ transnational gang and for orchestrating a series of brazen, high-profile hacks against major tech firms and demanding a ransom in exchange for not leaking the stolen information

From BT and Nvidia to Grand Theft Auto 6, pair were on a total tear Two teenage members of the chaotic Lapsus$ cyber-crime gang helped compromise computer systems of Uber and Nvidia, and also blackmailed Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games among other high-profile victims, a jury has decided.…

The threat actor ‘teapotuberhacker’ could be linked to the Lapsus$ hacking group

T-Mobile has confirmed that the Lapsus$ extortion gang breached its network "several weeks ago" using stolen credentials and gained access to internal systems. [...]

KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group in the week leading up to the arrest of its most active members last month. The logs show LAPSUS$ breached T-Mobile multiple times in March, stealing source code for a range of company projects. T-Mobile says no customer or government information was stolen in the intrusion. LAPSUS$ is known for stealing data and then demanding a ransom not to publish or sell it. But the leaked chats indicate this mercenary activity was of little interest to the tyrannical teenage leader of LAPSUS$, whose obsession with stealing and leaking proprietary computer source code from the world’s largest tech companies ultimately led to the group’s undoing.