Lapsus$ hackers breached T-Mobile’s systems and stole its source code

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

The Lapsus$ hacking group stole T-Mobile’s source code in a series of breaches that took place in March, as first reported by Krebs on Security. T-Mobile confirmed the attack in a statement to The Verge, and says the “systems accessed contained no customer or government information or other similarly sensitive information.”

In copies of private messages obtained by Krebs, the Lapsus$ hacking group discussed targeting T-Mobile in the week prior to the arrest of seven of its teenage members. After purchasing employees’ credentials online, the members could use the company’s internal tools — like Atlas, T-Mobile’s customer management system — to perform SIM swaps. This type of attack involves hijacking a target’s mobile phone by...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/23/23038570/lapsus-hackers-target-t-mobile-source-code-multiple-breaches-cybersecurity

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