Unsophisticated Extortion - Reflecting on the LAPSUS$ Group
In the first few months of 2022, the LAPSUS$ Group made a major splash in the cybersecurity headlines as it conducted a series of attacks on the likes of Nvidia, Microsoft and Okta. However a few months later, they had disappeared and arrests were reported soon afterwards.In a new blog, Tenable’s senior research engineer Claire Tills looked at the efforts of LAPSUS$ and what its motivations were, and how it is viewed now, and joins us on this podcast to discuss the extortion group further.Show ReferencesBrazen, Unsophisticated and Illogical: Understanding the LAPSUS$ Extortion Group Ransomware Ecosystem White Paper Download PageBlog on Understanding the Ransomware EcosystemWebinar on the Ransomware Ecosystem reportBBC News - Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal Bleeping Computer news report on Okta attack Follow along for more from Tenable Research:Subscribe to the blogFollow Tenable's Zero Day team on Medium