London police arrest teen who hacks suspect, but don’t confirm GTA 6, Uber links

The Police of the City of London report they have arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking and said he remains in custody. In a continued tweet the next day, police confirmed that the teen has been charged with two counts of bail violations and two counts of computer abuse. A hearing was scheduled for Saturday, but no further details have been released as of Monday morning.

Police declined to say what incident the arrest was related to, but many of the details match recent high-profile hacks. This spring, City of London police arrested and released seven teenagers in connection with an investigation into the Lapsus$ hacking group. Today’s arrest also comes just days after two security breaches believed to be related to Lapsus$, with the leak of early Grand Theft Auto 6 footage resulting from a “network intrusion” and a security breach at Uber that left several internal systems offline for a while.

In March, Bloomberg reported that one person believed to be behind several of the group’s major attacks was a then 16-year-old whose home police visited near Oxford, England, in the county of Oxfordshire.

In a statement following the Uber breach, the company wrote on its blog: “We believe this attacker (or attackers) is affiliated with a hacking group called Lapsus$, which has become increasingly active over the past year.” The GTA 6 leaker claimed in forum posts to be the same person responsible for the attack on Uber.

City of London police declined to share additional details with The edge.

Update Sept 26, 9:22 AM ET: Added information from the second tweet from the City of London Police.