The Changing Face Of Cybersecurity Threats In 2023
CIO, Monday, September 25,2023
Cybersecurity has always been a cat-and-mouse game, but the mice keep getting bigger and are becoming increasingly harder to hunt.
Over the last eighteen months or so, a motley group of teenagers under the banner of Lapsus$ managed to hack into 'unbreachable' fortresses at tech giants such as Okta, T-Mobile, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Globant using unsophisticated but creative and persistent techniques.
While the group's goals were unclear and differing - fluctuating between amusement, monetary gain, and notoriety - at various times, it again brought to the fore the persistent gaps in security at even the biggest and most informed companies.