Uber said she believed it Lapsus $hacker . group Behind last week’s attack, which forced the company to Temporarily closing some internal systemsadding that the authors agreed after obtaining account credentials from an outside contractor.
The attack is the latest for a major tech company to be linked to hackers$ Lapsus, a group that cybersecurity researchers have described as an “unofficial” group with roots in the UK and Brazil. for its members Previously they were responsible for the hacks embarrassing for companies like Microsoft, Samsung, Nvidia, and Okta.
The cyber gang has been linked to another high-profile attack on video game developer Rockstar Games, in which Leaked on fan forum Screenshots from the next unseen installment in the Grand Theft Auto series. Cyber security researchers sPointed out significant similarities in the attackbut they said it was too early to confirm the connection.
Uber was the first to announce that it had been hacked. Last Monday, the company confirmed it The hacker got “high level passes”allowing him to access various internal systems and company software used by employees.
Among these systems were channels Slack from UberThe attacker alerted employees to the hack, saying: “I announced that I was a hacker and that Uber had a data breach.” Some employees were redirected to a web page containing an obscene image.
The passenger carrier said its “public-facing” systems were not affected Databases used to store sensitive user datasuch as bank and travel log, They were not raped.
Uber said it was “likely” that a $Lapsus hacker had purchased the contractor’s password on the dark web.
On several occasions, The contractor received a request to approve two workers to log in, which initially blocked access. However, the contractor eventually agreed to one, and the attacker succeeded in calling.”
Lapsus $ rose to fame late last yearsaid Claire Tells of the cybersecurity group Tenable. The specialist noted that the group described itself as “not politically motivated or state-sponsored” and instead motivated by the pursuit of fame.
This pattern became apparent last week, when A user on a Grand Theft Auto web forum claimed to be the one who hacked Uber days ago He posted 90 leaked Grand Theft Auto 6 videos and images. A subsequent message indicated that the hackers would “negotiate” with the company to prevent further images from being published.
Rockstar confirmed it last week The photos are original and he was the victim of a “network hack”.
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