BITCOIN : How did a 16-year-old British man become a millionaire with the help of hacking?

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Authorities have accused a 16-year-old boy from Oxford, UK, of being one of the leaders of a cybercrime group called Lapsus, and of making more than کروڑ 10 million through hacking. Has got 

City of London police say they have arrested seven young men belonging to the gang but have not confirmed that the 16-year-old is among them.

City of London police say they have arrested seven young men between the ages of 16 and 21 on charges of hacking for questioning. Police added that the seven have been released but the investigation is still ongoing. 

The boy is said to have hacked the nickname "White" or "Breach Base" on the internet. He has autism and is part of the Lapis Hacking gang, which is said to be based in Latin America.

Lipsis is a relatively new gang but soon gained popularity and is considered to be the most dangerous hacking cyber group which has successfully hacked well known companies like Microsoft etc.

The boy, who is under 18 years of age, could not be named but is said to be attending a special needs children's school in Oxford. 

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The boy's father told the news channel's that his family was disturbed by his habits and tried to keep him away from the computer. 

He added: "I had never heard of them all until recently. He never talked about hacking but he is very fast in computer etc. and spends a lot of time on it.

I thought he was just playing a game but now we will stop him from using computer. 

Many news channels also contacted the boy's mother but she declined to comment.


How did this guy get caught?

The reason for catching 'White' was that some of his colleagues became hackers on a hacker's website, after which the hackers of this website revealed the boy's name, address and pictures of him on social media. do. 

He also published details of the boy's hacking career, saying: "In just a short time, the boy has collected a total of 300 bitcoins (worth more than 10 million pounds) and is now affiliated with a group called Ransomware called Lapus. Is the one who collects money after hacking from so-called village companies. 

According to Bloomberg News, cyber security researchers have been searching for White for a long time and have linked him to Lapis.


Who is the Lapis group? 

The Lapis hacking group has made a name for itself in a short period of time as it has hacked well-known companies and its channel is also very popular on the messaging service Telegram which has more than 47,000 subscribers.

Experts say not much is known about Lapis's background, but because most of his actions are against companies based in Brazil, it is speculated that they operate from Latin America. 

In recent days, Microsoft has admitted that Lapis had gained access to some of their machines.


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