Two UK teenagers have been convicted for hacking major tech firms and demanding a ransom.

Two teenagers from the United Kingdom have been found guilty by a London jury for their involvement in the infamous LAPSUS$ (also known as Slippy Spider) transnational cybercriminal group. They were convicted of orchestrating a series of audacious and high-profile cyberattacks against major tech companies, where they demanded ransoms in exchange for not releasing stolen data.



The individuals in question are Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old from Oxford, who also operated under various online aliases such as White, Breachbase, WhiteDoxbin, and …

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