The GTA 6 hack has led to the US authorities searching for stricter safety for corporations corresponding to Rockstar Video games.
Again in September 2022, a teenage hacker allegedly hacked Rockstar Video games releasing 90 movies of GTA 6. This additionally got here with a menace of leaking its supply code. {The teenager} was arrested and pled not guilt. Over the previous few months the teenager has been charged on a number of totally different counts and deemed unfit to face trial.
It wasnβt solely Rockstar Video games who suffered by the hands of this teenager. Prosecutors declare simply days earlier than the Rockstar hack, he broke into Uber and Revolut.
Himself and 17 year-year-old are additionally accused of blackmailing the UKβs largest broadband and cell community corporations BT and EE from July to November 2021 below the hacking group Lapsus$.
In a Tweet on Monday, america Division of Homeland Safety shared a report by the Cyber Security Assessment Board.
In accordance the CSRB, βLapsus$ used easy methods to evade industry-standard safety instruments and outlined 10 actionable suggestions for a way authorities, corporations, and civil society can higher shield in opposition to Lapsus$ and comparable teams.β
Considered one of these methods is SIM swapping. The report reads βconsists of suggestions for cellphone carriers to higher shield their prospects by implementing stringent authentication strategies, and for the Federal Communications Fee (FCC) and Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) to mandate and standardize finest practices to fight SIM swapping.β
In the event youβre unaware what SIM swapping is, it includes the hacker contacting your cell community impersonating you. They’re then in a position to get a SIM card on your telephone quantity. That enables them to deactivate your SIM after which they’ll use theirs together with your quantity to entry any SMS two issue authentication codes.
The CISA is recommending corporations to implement new authentication strategies, shifting away from SMS based mostly codes. Passwords are said to be a problem and suggestions of fingerprint based mostly safety or a {hardware} key.
We hope such a hack doesn’t happen once more with Rockstar Video games and its staff.
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