(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 22 – The authentication service provider Okta, which has many technological companies as customers, and Microsoft are said to be the other victims of a hacker group known as Lapsus $ and specializing in ransomware attacks that has already hit others society. This was reported by various media, which explain how the violation, in the case of Okta, could have a domino effect as many other companies rely on the company to manage access to their networks and applications. In the case of Microsoft, however, the cybercriminals have stolen the source code of Bing, Cortana and other company projects from the internal Azure DevOps server, the one that manages the services for the developers “We will provide updates as soon as more information becomes available,” he said. explained an Okta official, Chris Hollis. While Microsoft has explained to the Bleeping Computer site that they are aware of what happened and are investigating. The ransomware group, which claims to have access to Okta’s customer data since January 2022, has posted screenshots on its Telegram channel demonstrating the breach of both this company and Microsoft. “I think they are very credible,” said independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi.
Lapsus $ is a group of hackers who compromise corporate systems to steal source code, customer lists, databases, and other valuable data. Then it makes ransom demands on the victim to keep the data from leaking. In recent months, Lapsus $ has reported numerous cyber attacks against large companies, such as Nvidia and Samsung. (HANDLE).
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