Turning Point In The Case Of Data Breach Attack on Uber: Teen In Claws Of Laws

1. Turning Point In The Case Of Data Breach Attack on Uber: Teen In Claws Of Laws Arrested By Uk Police For BreachOnRockstarGames Hello, friends welcome to the world of “the hacker newz” in today’s article we are going to have an ongoingdiscussion on the event of a data breach that took place on the slack server of Uber, and now a turning point has come up in the attack history of Uber The announcement was made by the City of London police on Twitter confirming the arrest of a British 17-year-old teen who was found suspected of having his involvement in the recent cyber-attack that took placerecently. In a short tweet which was shared by law enforcement, that the arrest of the teen took place in Oxfordshire thus it being a part of a hacking investigation thus havingthe supportin the investigation provided bythe UK's National CrimeAgency.

2. It is being confirmed by the City of London Police that he is going to remain in police custody on having made the referral by NCA to the City of London, it is being stated that it is part of their investigation progress, while the latter said that they have none of the further information for any kind of new information that would be goingtobe postedonTwitter. Uponmaking areachouttotheFBIregarding the possibility of the involvementof the suspectin the Uberattacknoimmediate response has beenreceivedfromtheFBI. As there are not descriptive details thus being received in hand about the investigation hence it is supposed hereby that the arrest is having the tie -up with the Lapsus$hacking group which is found being suspected to be behind the occurrence of the cyber-attacks which have occurred recently on Uber, RockstarGames,and2K. LAPSUSHACKINGGROUPBEHINDTHEDATABEACHON UBERANDALLHIGHPROFILEFIRMS During the attack which was made in the last year, it was said that the Lapsus$ hacking group was being led by a threat actor having the name 'White' or 'Breach Base,'who was being doxed outallegedlywas as a teen whowas having the age of 16 years from the UK. This hacking group is found to have been found responsible for the high-profile attacks which have taken place along with Microsoft, CISCO, NVIDIA, SAMSUNG, AND OKTA being included in April, the arrest was made by the City of London who was having the age from 16 to 21, along with the 17-year-old ring leader being included. However, the release was given to the boys by the UK as they were in the age of minority soononbail.

3. DISCLOSURE OFRESPONSEMADEBY THEUBERTO THE CYBER ATTACK DATA BREACH MADE ON THE SLACK SERVER BY“TEAPOTS” On 15th September 2022 i.e., the Thursday of the week before the disclosure was made by Uber the response was being made to a cyberattack after them coming to know that a hacker who is known as 'Tea Pots,' was able to gain access to theirSlack server and thus made to begin the posting of screenshots oftheiraccesstootherinternalservices. On Sunday Three days later, on Sunday,a threat actor was making himself being called out as the “teapot uber hacker' thus made to start the leakage of the Grand Theft Auto 6videofootage whichwas not seenalong with the snippetsof source code forGTAV andGTAVIonGTAforums.com. This claim was made by the threat actor claimed that the breach was made on the Slack and confluence server of the Rockstar Game's Slack along with the Confluence servers for stealing of the data making the data breach successful and it was also said bythem theywere behindbywhom the attack was made bythemrecentlyonUber. The owneroftheBreached hackingforumwhoseofficialname is pompompurin, was the one who made to claim that the White was the who wasin the backpicture behindtheattacks madeonRockstarGames andUber. ATTRIBUTION OF THEATTACKTO THELAPSUS HACKING GROUPMAKINGUSEOFMFAFATIGUEATTACKSFOR MAKING DATABREACH Soon after, the attribution of the attack was made to the Lapsus hacking group by Uber who made to take out the usage of the MFA Fatigue attacks along with othertactics whichareknowntobe theassociationwiththishackinggroup.

4. More recently, the security breach was suffered bya gaming company2K also in which the threat actor made it to be done with the help of desktop for sending the malwaretocustomers.Whilethere isnoneoftheformal attributions given to Lapsus$, the ownerof 2K Take-Two Interactive, which is theparentcompanyof RockstarGames. Due to the recent attacks, made the attribution made based on the age and location of the individual whose arrest is made is having the involvement of many in the cybersecurity community it is believed that the arrest is having linkagetothe Lapsus$group. It is said by the Journalist Matthew Keys that it was a 17-year-old boy whose arrestwasmadeoverthe hackofRockstar,andlikelyUber. However, as the suspect is a minor, they can't make the release of their name underUKlawenforcement. This is an ongoing storywhich is stillhaving more secrets still tobe revealed staytunedandkeepreadingformore continuous updates. Thanks forreading.Hopeyoumust haveenjoyedreadingthearticle. Follow The Hacker news on our social platforms “Twitter (thehackernewz) and LinkedIn(TheHackerNewz)“forreading moreexclusive contentposteddaily. SourceLink: https://thehackernewz.com/turning-point-in-the-case-of-data- breach-attack-on-uber-teen-in-claws-of-laws-arrested-by-uk-police- for-breach-on-rockstar-games/