City of London Police revealed on Friday that they arrested a 17-year-old Oxfordshire teenager on suspicion of hacking.
“On the evening of Thursday September 22, 2022, City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking,” the agency said. saidadding “he remains in custody”.
The department said the arrest was made as part of an investigation in partnership with the UK’s National Crime Agency cybercrime unit.
No further details of the nature of the investigation have been released, although it is suspected the law enforcement action may have had something to do with the recent string of high-profile hacks targeting Uber and Rockstar. Games.
Both intrusions were allegedly committed by the same threat actor, who goes by the name Tea Pot (aka teapotuberhacker).
Uber, for its part, pinned the offense on an attacker (or attackers) it claims is associated with the LAPSUS dollar extortion gang, two of which face fraud charges.
According to cybersecurity company Flashpoint, the real identity of the hacker behind the two incidents was leaked to an illicit online forum.
“The administrator of this forum claimed that teapotuberhacker was the same person who allegedly hacked Microsoft and ‘owned’ Doxbin,” the company revealed on Friday.
This also means that the teapotuberhacker actor is likely the same party that is also known by the aliases White, Breachbase and WhiteDoxbin and is considered “the apparent ringleader of LAPSUS$”.
It’s not immediately clear if these allegations hold water, but if true, they could explain the latest arrest by law enforcement officials.
