Owed in part to the pandemic-induced increased shift from offline to online, cyber-attacks have become a lucrative avenue for criminals in recent years
cyber crime
As more and more people turn online, whether for work or their personal lives, there are more potential opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit
Lapsus$ is a Brazilian hacker group known to security researchers since 2020
Scamsters send e-mails blackmailing recipients they are being recorded in their private moments
The incident is one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations ever reported
Phishing is the most common
It is a phishing scam
The damage sustained as a result is estimated in excess of one million euros, mainly due to loss of source code for apps
The five-storey underground complex was raided by 650 police officers
Ireland was the most secure