Zero Trust Cybersecurity: ‘Never Trust, Always Verify’
Grand Theft Auto video game developer, Rockstar, and ride-share giant, Uber, both suffered recent, similar attacks that occurred within a few days of each other. Both incidents could have been avoided by employees adhering to a strict policy of – ‘verify before you trust.’
Uber was hacked September 2022. The company said that the attacker — a teenager possibly linked to the incident was just arrested in London — most likely obtained the corporate password of an Uber contractor. Using that person’s access, the hacker gained access to some of Uber’s internal systems: internal Slack messages, a finance tool for invoices and the dashboard where the company’s security researchers report bugs and vulnerabilities.
It’s a big deal, and an embarrassment to the company. Uber has said that it believes that the attacker is affiliated with a hacking group called Lapsus$, whose members are mostly teenagers and which has recently targeted several technology companies. Uber also said it had not seen any evidence that user data was compromised during the incident. In the lawsuits that will invariably result, we will learn more about what happened.
Uber Hacker Claims To Have Hacked Rockstar Games, Releases GTA 6 Videos
Rockstar Games hacker reportedly arrested following GTA 6 leak
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/gta-6-rockstar-games-hacker-arrested/
Zero Trust Cybersecurity: ‘Never Trust, Always Verify’
https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/zero-trust-cybersecurity-never-trust-always-verify
The Uber Hack Exposes More Than Failed Data Security
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/opinion/uber-hack-data.html
How to hack 2FA: 5 attack methods explained
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3620223/how-to-hack-2fa.html
On the evening of Thursday 22 September 2022, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation supported by the @NCA_UK’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU).
He remains in police custody. pic.twitter.com/Zfa3OlDR6J
— City of London Police (@CityPolice) September 23, 2022
