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It started with SIM swapping and escalated into hacks of Okta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and EA. They\u2019re LAPSUS$, a hacking collective that\u2019s been the boogeyman of big corporations for the past few years. People have wondered about their motivations and identities.

Now, seven of them have been arrested. They\u2019re mostly teenagers who used unsophisticated methods to get the better of some of the world\u2019s most powerful companies.

On today\u2019s episode of Cyber, Motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox walks us through what happened. It\u2019s the subject of his story \u201cLAPSUS$: How a Sloppy Extortion Gang Became One of the Most Prolific Hacking Groups.\u201d

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