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These kinds of tactics were used by a group called Lapsus$ which was made up of English speaking teenagers - two of whom were arrested and convicted in the UK in 2023.

But Her Honour Judge Lees said that there were real victims and real harm caused from his other multiple hacks on individuals and the companies he attacked with Lapsus$.

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.

Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who has autism, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$.

Kurtaj and the 17-year-old are the first members of the Lapsus$ group to be convicted but it is thought others are still at large.