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by dbeardsl 909 days ago
I would say he's not in trouble for gaining access to systems, it's for extortion:

> He worked with Kurtaj and other members of Lapsus$ to hack tech giant Nvidia and phone company BT/EE and steal data before demanding a four million dollar ransom, which was not paid.

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This is exactly the issue (plus the stalking and the paying employees for inside access)

He's not a "grey hat", he was actively extorting those orgs