Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters rage-quit the internet (again), promise to return next year

The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) cybercrime collective - compriseed primarily of teenagers and twenty-somethings - announced it will go dark until 2026 following the FBI's seizure of its clearweb site. In characteristic fashion, the group issued a profanity-laden, xenophobic farewell message via Telegram, urging supporters …

[David 132]

Delusional

"As per the exceptional circumstances by which the FBI tried to obliterate our legacy, we've exceptionally decided to temporarily renounce to oblivion [sic] and promptly hack them back,"

I can't decide whether their communiqués should be read in the voice of Comic Book Guy, or Eric Cartman.

Clearly emotional maturity and education aren't their thing.

[Doctor Syntax]

With half a dozen already arrested it's quite likely that the police now have names of a few others, either from somebody hoping to plead to a lesser charge or from the devices that have been seized. No wonder they keep ducking out of sight.

Keep looking over your shoulders, lads. It could be you next.

[EnviableOne]

the problem with SLSH

They are a subgroup of the com collective, so are replaceable, each provides a specific service, and if they are caught, someone else steps up to take their place.

Hacking is and always will be something you age out of, and also something you can get into at a young age, so there are always more people to step up to replace those who leave / get caught

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like SLSH...

Sounds like SLSH are just a bunch of kids.

[Ashentaine]

So presumably they'll just take a break until the next fiscal quarter, wait for the goldfish brained C-suiters to start cutting infosec budgets again because things have quieted down a bit, then be right back at it?