https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/can-lapsus-be-stopped-microsoft-okta-ubisoft-nvidia

Data extortion gang Lapsus$ has emerged as one of the most notorious groups of cyber criminals of 2022 during a hacking spree which has seen it target big name tech companies including chipmaker Nvidia, electronics giant Samsung and games publisher Ubisoft. Today Microsoft confirmed it was also a victim of a hack by Lapsus$, releasing a blog post which explained the group's tactics in detail. But can Lapsus$ be stopped? And how has it succeeded in breaching some of the world's most sophisticated cyber defences?

The methods used by Lapsus$, detailed in Microsoft's blog post which confirmed the breach on its systems, are not complex, says Toby Lewis, global head of threat analysis at Darktrace. What is noteworthy, however, is how vocal the gang members are about who they are breaching and what they find. “Lapsus$ do not necessarily represent a new threat, but a re-emergence of the days of Anonymous and Lulzsec from the mid-2010s, where hacking was used more for notoriety and political statements than financial gain," Lewis says.