French authorities have detained a 16-year-old teen for running a malware rental business.
The teen used nicknames such as ChatNoir and Cap and was part of the Epsilon hacker group that breached the Altice French multinational earlier this year.
According to posts on the group's Telegram channel, the teenager appears to be behind the WaveStealer malware.
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2024/06/05/cybercriminalite-un-adolescent-interpelle-dans-l-enquete-sur-le-groupe-de-pirates-epsilon_6237496_4408996.html
Catalin Cimpanu /
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2024-06-06 17:49:55
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2024-06-06 17:49:55Event JSON
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