British Public Prosecution Service charges two young suspects with Lapsus$ activities

Two young Britons will appear in court on Friday for alleged involvement in criminal activities committed under the name of the Lapsus$ group. The suspects are 16 and 17 years old.

The British Public Prosecutor’s Office explains the two teenagers multiple criminal charges, according to the BBC. The two have been charged with three cases of unauthorized intrusion into a computer with the aim of ‘damaging the reliability of data’. There is also a charge of fraud by impersonating another person and of hacking into a computer to hinder access to data.

The boys, aged 16 and 17, are due to appear before the Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court in London on Friday. Last week, the City of London police arrested seven suspects for criminal digital activity, including the two suspects due to appear in court on Friday. The young people would operate under the name Lapsus$. That group has claimed multiple attacks against companies in recent weeks, including Microsoft, Okta, Nvidia and Samsung.

A week ago, Lapsus$ reported that several members were “on vacation.” Last week, the group did publish stolen data from the Argentine company Globant.