London cops, assisted by the UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit, arrested a still-unnamed 17-year-old reportedly dwelling in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking, based on a tweet posted by the City of London Police Friday morning.

Though cops have but to offer any particulars concerning the individual in custody, tech journalist Matthew Keys wrote based mostly on unknown sources that the 17-year-old was arrested over the Rockstar hack that leaked early footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 and threatened to leak the recreation’s supply code. The hacker additionally reportedly claimed duty for the Uber hack that allowed a black hat entry to the interior Uber Slack and inside web sites.

Uber wrote on Monday that its hack was probably performed by LAPSUS$. The hacking group has been related to a number of hacks of main corporations together with Microsoft and Samsung, and the group had even reportedly infiltrated U.S. legislation enforcement databases.

Keys wrote that each London police and probably the FBI are anticipated to supply extra particulars later right now. Not far more is confirmed concerning the individual in custody, although earlier reviews from Bloomberg famous cybersecurity researchers tracked a string of hacks related to the teenager hacker group LAPSUS$ to a then-16-year-old dwelling in his mom’s home close to Oxford within the UK. The report additionally famous this UK teenager was apparently related with a fellow younger individual in Brazil.

Back in April, London police introduced they arrested two different youngsters related to LAPSUS$, however that also didn’t cease the group from shifting on and attacking main tech corporations and governments alike with blistering pace. Not simply prepared to let the info theft be reward sufficient, LAPSUS$ hackers have taunted their victims via inside messengers, via Slack and even joined Zoom calls to taunt the parents making an attempt to restore the harm brought on by the hacks, based on the researchers cited by Bloomberg.

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