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Meet the “advanced persistent teenagers.” These are highly skilled, financially motivated hackers, like Lapsus$ and Scattered Spider, made up of mostly teenegers and young adults, and proven capable of digitally breaking into hotel chains, casinos, and tech giants.

MongoDB, which had a limited intrusion last year, said the incident matched tactics used by Scattered Spider, which broke in via phishing as if they were a legitimate employee.

More from TechCrunch Disrupt: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/01/the-biggest-underestimated-security-threat-of-today-advanced-persistent-teenagers/