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Lapsus$

Lapsus$, stylised in all caps as LAPSUS$ and classified by Microsoft as Strawberry Tempest and more recently identified as (or as a part of) ShinyHunters, is an international extortion-focused black-hat hacker group known for its various cyberattacks against companies and government agencies. The group was active in several countries, and has had its…

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All capsMicrosoftShinyHuntersExtortionBlack-hat
41 related topics

Arrests and convictions

DisclosedUnit 221BFeira de SantanaBahia
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Analysis

Modus operandiSIM swappingCyber Safety Review Board
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Composition

OxfordBloomberg
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Founders
Arion Kurtaj & Cr1p
Affiliations
ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters
Formation
2021
Members
7 (March 2022 estimate)
Methods
Spearphishing, SIM swapping, recruitment of accomplices via social media, extortion, hacking
Official language
English

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Lapsus$

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples53
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

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Lapsus$

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related to Arrests and convictions · 31
Lapsus$ → April, Arion Kurtaj, August, Bahia, Brazil Ministry, Brazilian, Brazilian Federal Government, City, Comptroller General, Economy, England, Federal Highway Police, Feira, He, Health, His, In July, Kurtaj, Lapsus, London Police
related to Analysis · 7
Lapsus$ → In, Lapsus, SIM, Telegram, The, These, Uber
related to Interactions · 6
Lapsus$ → As, Lapsus, March, Telegram, The, The FBI
Affiliations · 1
Lapsus$ → ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters
Formation · 1
Lapsus$ → 2021
Founders · 1
Lapsus$ → Arion Kurtaj & Cr1p
Members · 1
Lapsus$ → 7 (March 2022 estimate)
Methods · 1
Lapsus$ → Spearphishing, SIM swapping, recruitment of accomplices via social media, extortion, hacking
Official language · 1
Lapsus$ → English
Parent organization · 1
Lapsus$ → ShinyHunters

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lapsus 2022 group including data march telegram members police kurtaj access company city london okta ministry health arion nvidia samsung

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lapsus$AffiliationsShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters1.00infobox
Lapsus$Formation20211.00infobox
Lapsus$FoundersArion Kurtaj & Cr1p1.00infobox
Lapsus$Members7 (March 2022 estimate)1.00infobox
Lapsus$MethodsSpearphishing, SIM swapping, recruitment of accomplices via social media, extortion, hacking1.00infobox
Lapsus$Official languageEnglish1.00infobox
Lapsus$Parent organizationShinyHunters1.00infobox
Lapsus$TypeCybercrime hacker group1.00infobox
SIM swappinginstance ofincluding recruitment or hacking privileged employees using methods0.80text
Lapsus$related to AnalysisThe0.60section
Lapsus$related to AnalysisThese0.60section
Lapsus$related to AnalysisSIM0.60section

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