Lapsus$ Extortion Gang Hit Microsoft, Targets Cryptocurrency

A digital extortion gang with a murky background and unconventional methods -- one researcher called them “laughably bad” at times -- has claimed responsibility for a string of compromises against some of the world’s largest technology companies.

The group, known as Lapsus$, said in a series of public posts on the messaging app Telegram this week that it had accessed Okta Inc., the San Francisco-based identity-management firm that provides authentication tools for an array of business clients. Okta said Tuesday that attackers may have viewed data from approximately 2.5% of its customers after breaching the laptop of an engineer ...