The same group behind the cyber-attacks affecting retail giant M&S and others are now reportedly taking credit for the recent cyber-attack still interrupting Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) operations.

The group of young, English speakers are reportedly boasting of the hack on the messaging app Telegram, sharing photos that were allegedly taken from within JLR’s compromised IT networks.

The gang is now calling themselves Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, according to reports from the BBC, which viewed their Telegram messages.

A BBC reporter had a private conversation with a person claiming to be a member of the cyber gang and responsible for the hack, who claimed the group was now trying to extort the firm for money.

The gang member explained to the BBC reported how the hacking group allegedly penetrated the IT system of the car maker.

However, the hacker could not firm if they had succeeded in stealing sensitive or private data form Jaguar’s network, or if they had installed any malware into the IT system.

The group did post two screenshots on Telegram showing potentially internal documents including instructions for car charging problems, as well as computer logs.

It is currently unknown the scale of the hack, and hacking groups are known to exaggerate their claims.

Currently, JLR has said that there is no evidence that customer data was stolen, and the firm did shut down its systems immediately upon discovering the attack.

However, the company’s “retail and production activities have been severely disrupted.”

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Who Are Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters? 

If the name sounds oddly familiar, you’re onto something: the name is a combination of three hacking groups that have emerged from a cyber-criminal network called The Com.

Shiny Hunters, Lapsus$, and Scattered Spider are three infamous hacking groups made up of young people, often native-English speakers, that emerged from The Com.

Earlier this year amid a surge of retail attacks, the UK’s National Crime Agency issued a warning about The Com.

The new group is believed to be formed form a mix of hackers from the three groups.

Scattered Spider is the notorious cyber gang behind the retail attacks that took place in the Spring. The National Crime Agency arrested four alleged members in connection to the hacks, who all aged within 17 to 20 years old.