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JOSH LEFKOWITZ

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Josh Lefkowitz executes the company’s strategic vision to empower organizations
with the fastest, most comprehensive coverage of threatening activity on the
internet. He has worked extensively with authorities to track and analyze
terrorist groups. Mr. Lefkowitz also served as a consultant to the FBI’s senior
management team and worked for a top tier, global investment bank. Mr. Lefkowitz
holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Williams College.

EVAN KOHLMANN

CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER

Evan Kohlmann focuses on product innovation at Flashpoint where he leverages
fifteen years’ experience tracking Al-Qaida, ISIS, and other terrorist groups.
He has consulted for the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Justice,
the Australian Federal Police, and Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command,
among others. Mr. Kohlmann holds a JD from the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School
and a BSFS in International Politics from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at
Georgetown Univ.

JOSH DEVON

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER / CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

Josh Devon focuses on product vision and strategy at Flashpoint while ensuring
the company’s departments function synergistically during its rapid growth. He
also works to ensure that customers receive best in class products, services,
and support. Previously, Mr. Devon co-founded the SITE Intelligence Group where
he served as Assistant Director. He holds an MA from SAIS at Johns Hopkins Univ.
At the Univ. of Pennsylvania, he received a BS in Economics from the Wharton
School and a BA in English from the College of Arts and Sciences.

CHRIS CAMACHO

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

As Chief Revenue Officer, Chris Camacho leads the company’s global sales team,
which includes solution architecture, business development, strategic
integrations, partnerships, and revenue operations; he is also the architect of
Flashpoint’s FPCollab sharing community. With over 15 years of cybersecurity
leadership experience, he has spearheaded initiatives across Operational
Strategy, Incident Response, Threat Management, and Security Operations to
ensure cyber risk postures align with business goals. Most recently as a Senior
Vice President of Information Security at Bank of America, Mr. Camacho was
responsible for overseeing the Threat Management Program. An entrepreneur, Mr.
Camacho also serves as CEO for NinjaJobs: a career-matching community for elite
cybersecurity talent. He has a BS in Decision Sciences & Management of
Information Systems from George Mason University.

LISA IADANZA

CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

Lisa M. Iadanza leads all functional areas of People Operations at Flashpoint,
including human resources, talent acquisition & management, employee engagement,
and developing high performance teams. In addition to collaborating with the
executive team to drive strategic growth, she plays an integral role in
fostering Flashpoint’s culture and mission. Driven by her passions for
mentorship, employee advocacy, and talent development, Ms. Iadanza has more than
twenty years of experience in building, scaling, and leading human resources
functions. Prior to Flashpoint, she held leadership roles at Conde Nast, Terra
Technology, and FreeWheel. She is a member of the Society for Human Resources
Management (SHRM) and holds a bachelor’s degree in management with
concentrations in human resources and marketing from State University of New
York at Binghamton.

DONALD SAELINGER

PRESIDENT

Donald Saelinger is responsible for driving strategic and operational
initiatives to accelerate Flashpoint’s growth and scale. In this role, Donald
leads a broad portfolio including Marketing, Customer Success, Revenue
Operations, Legal and related functions, and is focused on helping the company
execute on a go-to-market approach that maximizes value to our customers. Prior
to Flashpoint, Donald served as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of
Endgame, Inc., an endpoint detection and response company acquired by Elastic
N.V. in 2019, and where he led a range of teams focused on growth, scale, and
legal and compliance matters. Donald also previously served as the General
Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Opower, Inc. (NYSE: OPWR), a global
provider of SaaS solutions to electric and gas utilities that was acquired by
Oracle, Inc. in 2016. Donald graduated from Columbia University in 2000 and
received his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2006.

ROB REZNICK

SVP FINANCE AND CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

Rob Reznick leads the finance, accounting, and corporate development teams at
Flashpoint. Rob previously served as Director of Finance & Accounting for
1010data (acquired by Advance/Newhouse), and Director of Finance for Financial
Guard (acquired by Legg Mason) after prior work in forensic accounting and
dispute consulting. Mr. Reznick is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an
MBA and MAcc from the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University,
and a BBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

TOM HOFMANN

SVP INTELLIGENCE

Tom Hofmann leads the intelligence directorate that is responsible for the
collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of Deep and Dark Web data.
He works closely with clients to prioritize their intelligence requirements and
ensures internal Flashpoint operations are aligned to those needs. Mr. Hofmann
has been at the forefront of cyber intelligence operations in the commercial,
government, and military sectors, and is renowned for his ability to drive
effective intelligence operations to support offensive and defensive network
operations.

JAKE WELLS

SVP SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTURE

Jake Wells leads strategic integrations and information sharing as part of the
client engagement & development team, which serves as an internal advocate for
our government and commercial clients to ensure Flashpoint’s intelligence
solutions meet their evolving needs. He leverages a decade of experience running
cyber and counterterrorism investigations, most recently with the NYPD
Intelligence Bureau, to maximize the value customers generate from our products
and services. Mr. Wells holds an MA from Columbia University and a BA from Emory
University.

BRIAN BROWN

SVP STRATEGY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Brian Brown is responsible for the overall direction of strategic sales and
development supporting Flashpoint’s largest clients. In his role, Mr. Brown
focuses on designing and executing growth-oriented sales penetration strategies
across multiple vertical markets, including both Government and Commercial,
supporting Flashpoint’s Sales and Business Development Teams. An experienced
entrepreneur, Mr. Brown also serves as CSO for NinjaJobs, a private community
created to match elite cybersecurity talent with top tier global jobs and also
advise growth-stage cybersecurity companies.

JUSTIN ROGERS

VP REVENUE OPERATIONS

Justin Rogers leads the Revenue Operations team at Flashpoint, aligning sales,
marketing, partnerships, customer success, and finance across vision, planning,
process, and goals. He leverages over 15 years of experience in security,
strategy, product design, and implementation to drive growth, provide an
end-to-end view of the customer journey, and a seamless customer experience.
Recently, Justin led Marketing for Centripetal, bringing the first Threat
Intelligence Gateway to market. Previously, he managed operations of a Counter
IED lab electronics forensics division while forward deployed in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Justin
holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

PETER PARTYKA

VP ENGINEERING

Peter Partyka leads Flashpoint’s engineering teams. Peter previously worked in
the quantitative hedge fund space in New York City, implementing security and
administrative solutions around proprietary trading platforms, high-availability
cloud deployments, and hardening of applications and infrastructure. Peter
leverages more than 16 years of experience in technology specializing in
application security, red-teaming, penetration testing, exploit development, as
well as blue-teaming. Peter has a long track record of managing tech teams and
implementing engineering security best practices. Recently Peter led Flashpoint
toward GDPR and CCPA compliance and has been a key architect of Flashpoint’s
robust compliance programs. Peter has taught advanced cybersecurity courses at
New York University and consulted at various tech startups during his career.

PAUL FARLEY

VP APAC SALES

Paul Farley is responsible for the Asia-Pacific region of Flashpoint's
international business, including Australia, Japan, and Singapore. In his role
at Flashpoint, Paul is executing growth-oriented sales strategies across
multiple countries and vertical markets, including both Government and
Commercial. Paul has extensive experience leading regional sales for both
pre-IPO growth businesses and large organizations such as RSA, EMC and DELL.

STEVEN COOPERMAN

VP PUBLIC SECTOR SALES

Steven Cooperman is responsible for Flashpoint’s strategy and sales growth of
its public sector business. He also supports the development of a robust partner
ecosystem for public sector business to deliver value added offerings and
innovation focused to the mission of government. Steven has an established and
diverse career in the Public Sector, holding leadership positions at a number of
successful enterprise software companies and Federal System Integrators,
including ServiceNow, HP, Oracle and Northrop Grumman. He holds an MA in
Analytic Geography from the State University of New York - Binghamton, and
received his BS in Geology from the State University - Oneonta.

MATTHEW HOWELL

VP PRODUCT

Matthew Howell leads the Product Management and Product Marketing teams for
Flashpoint. He is responsible for developing a strong team that drives product
adoption and user engagement through outcome based prioritization, continuous
process improvement, and metrics driven development. Matthew brings a passion
for diverse ideas, experience launching B2B SaaS products, building integration
ecosystems, supporting five 9s SLAs, and leading distributed teams. He holds a
bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Virginia

GLENN LEMONS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STRATEGIC ACCOUNTS ENGAGEMENT

Glenn Lemons is Executive Director, Strategic Accounts Engagement at Flashpoint.
He previously served as the acting Director of Citigroup's Cyber Intelligence
Center where he was responsible for analyzing and reacting to intelligence from
a variety of threats. These threats ranged from fraudulent activity and
attempting to defraud Citi's clients to supporting security operations for the
firm's worldwide network presence. He has extensive experience working with
multiple clients across the financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, and
public sectors. Glenn also has more than 26 years of intelligence experience
within the operational and support communities in the U.S. military and federal
civilian service; seven of which focused on both defensive and offensive cyber
operations. While working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, he
testified numerous times before U.S. Congressional committees and member
requested open and closed sessions.

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STEVE LEIGHTELL



Steve started his career in Internet sales in the early 1990s and was always a
top sales rep before transitioning to business development. By the early 2000s,
he was the Director of Business Development at DWL, where he managed a team that
built partnerships with Accenture, Oracle, Tata Consulting, Wipro, Cognizant and
IBM. Steve designed the channel and strategy that ultimately culminated in the
acquisition of DWL by IBM in 2005. He went on to lead a global team within IBM
that was responsible for major system integrator partnerships. In 2008, he left
IBM to found a niche consulting firm focused on business development for SaaS
organizations. Steve holds a BA in anthropology and sociology from Carleton
University in Ottawa.

ELLIE WHEELER



Ellie Wheeler is a Partner at Greycroft and is based in the firm’s New York
office. Prior to joining Greycroft, Ellie worked in a similar role evaluating
investment opportunities at Lowercase Capital. Ellie also worked at Cisco in
Corporate Development doing acquisitions, investments, and strategy within the
unified communications, enterprise software, mobile, and video sectors. While at
Cisco, she was involved in multiple acquisitions and investments, including
PostPath, Jabber, Xobni, and Tandberg. She began her career in growth capital
private equity at Summit Partners in Boston. Ellie graduated magna cum laude
from Georgetown University with a BA in Psychology and holds an MBA from Harvard
Business School.

GLENN MCGONNIGLE



Glenn McGonnigle is a General Partner at TechOperators. Prior to launching
TechOperators in 2008, Glenn was CEO of VistaScape Security Systems, a
venture-backed provider of enterprise intelligent video surveillance software.
He lead the company through its successful sale to Siemens Building
Technologies. Previously, Glenn was a co-founder and senior executive of
Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems (ISS) where he helped raise initial
venture capital and launch the business. For 7 years, he led the business
development team in developing sales channels and entering the managed security
services market. During his tenure, the company grew from startup to revenues of
over $225 million and was later acquired by IBM for $1.3 billion.

BRENDAN HANNIGAN



Brendan joined Polaris Partners in 2016 as an entrepreneur partner. In this
role, he focuses on funding and founding companies in the technology sector with
a concentration in cloud, analytics, and cybersecurity. Brendan is a co-founder
of Sonrai Security and chairman of Twistlock, both Polaris investments. He also
currently serves on the board of Bitsight Technologies and Flashpoint. A 25 year
technology industry veteran, Brendan was most recently the general manager of
IBM Security. Under Brendan’s leadership, IBM Security grew significantly faster
than the overall security market to become the number one enterprise security
provider in the world with almost $2B of annual revenue.

MATT DEVOST



Currently, Devost serves as CEO & Co-Founder of OODA LLC as well as a review
board member for Black Hat. In 2010, he co-founded the cybersecurity consultancy
FusionX LLC which was acquired by Accenture in August 2015, where he went on to
lead Accenture's Global Cyber Defense practice. Devost also founded the
Terrorism Research Center in 1996 where he served as President and CEO until
November 2008 and held founding or leadership roles at iDefense, iSIGHT
Partners, Total Intel, SDI, Tulco Holdings, and Technical Defense.

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LAPSUS$ is an extortionist threat group that became active on December 10, 2021.
Unlike the majority of extortionist groups that typically rely on a combination
of ransomware and data leaks, LAPSUS$ is focused on monetizing their operations
exclusively through data leaks advertised on Telegram without the use of
ransomware.

Initially, the group focused on data breaches against Latin American and
Portuguese targets but in late February 2022, LAPSUS$ began widening the scope
of its targeting by announcing it had successfully breached US-based graphics
and computing chip manufacturer Nvidia. Since then, LAPSUS$ has continued to
focus on large-scale international technology companies, including Microsoft,
Okta, and Samsung, as the financial incentive for stealing source code and
extorting companies for sensitive proprietary technical data is high.


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BRAZIL’S MINISTRY OF HEALTH

LAPSUS$ claimed its first victim, Brazil’s Ministry of Health, on December 10,
2021. Since then, the group has claimed an additional 19 victims, the first 15
of which were all Latin American and Portuguese targets. 


LOCALIZA

LAPSUS$ gained additional notoriety on when, on January 11, it began redirecting
users of the official website for Localiza, one of the largest car rental
conglomerates in Latin America, to a pornography site.

Vodafone Portugal

On February 8, Vodafone Portugal suffered a cyberattack impacting its 4G and 5G
services. Initially, no group claimed responsibility, which was speculated to be
either a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) or ransomware attack. But on
February 24, LAPSUS$ admitted responsibility for the Vodafone Portugal attack on
its Telegram channel.


IMPRESA AND CONFINA

LAPSUS$ breached two of Portugal’s largest media companies: Impresa, on January
3 and Confina on February 6.


NVIDIA

In perhaps its most publicized attack to-date, LAPSUS$ claimed it carried out an
attack against US-based graphics and computing chip manufacturer NVIDIA,
successfully exfiltrated 1 TB of data from the company’s networks, including
proprietary information related to NVIDIA’s GPUs, which is not set to be
publicly launched for sale until March 29. Overall, LAPSUS$ has thus far
released 150GB of stolen data as of this publishing.

Screenshot of LAPSUS$’s Nvidia Hack Announcement (Image: Flashpoint).

The group also offered to separately sell a bypass for Nvidia’s Lite Hash Rate
(LHR) limit imposed on Nvidia GPUs to make them more ineffective for crypto
mining purposes in an effort to address the global chip shortage. The group
stated the minimum offer they would entertain for the LHR bypass was US$1
million. 


SAMSUNG

On March 4, LAPSUS$ posted a message in its official Telegram channel informing
subscribers that it had carried out an attack against the South Korean
electronics conglomerate, Samsung. The group later leaked 189 GB of stolen
Samsung data and instructed Samsung to contact the group directly to prevent
further leaks.s.

On March 7, Samsung revealed that it had suffered a data breach in which source
code for Samsung Galaxy mobile devices had been stolen. However, the company
stated that no personal customer or employee information was compromised as part
of the breach. Samsung did not name a threat group responsible for the hack.


MICROSOFT

On March 20, 2022, LAPSUS$ claimed to have breached one of Microsoft’s Azure
DevOps accounts. Later, on March 22, LAPSUS$ leaked 37 GB of stolen data which
allegedly included partial source code for Bing, Bing Maps, and Cortana.

On March 22, Microsoft released a blog post detailing LAPSUS$ and confirmed that
a single account had been compromised and source code was stolen as a result.
However, Microsoft stated that customer data and code theft had not been
witnessed and incident responders were able to halt the malicious activity.
Microsoft also stated that confidentiality of source code was not one of their
security methods as access to it does not increase risk. 


OKTA

On March 22, LAPSUS$ claimed to have remote access and superuser and admin
privileges on multiple Okta systems. LAPSUS$ stated that it did not steal data
from Okta and the group’s focus was rather on Okta customers. 

Screenshot of LAPSUS$’s Okta Hack Announcement (Image: Flashpoint).

In response to LAPSUS$’s claims, Okta issued an official statement on March 22
in which the company revealed that in late January 2022, it had detected an
attempt to compromise an account belonging to a third-party customer support
engineer. Okta stated that it investigated the incident and was able to contain
it. The company stated that the screenshots shared by LAPSUS$ appeared to be
related to this late January incident and that the company’s investigations have
not identified additional evidence of current malicious activity.


LAPSUS$ AND INSIDER THREATS

Since LAPSUS$ became active in December 2021, they have actively sought out
corporate and government insiders which could provide the group with remote
internal network access. 

LAPSUS$ has emphasized that it is not interested in corporate data stolen from
insiders but was specifically interested in network access, listing VPNs,
Citrix, and AnyDesk as network access type examples.

On March 10, 2022, LAPSUS$ posted a advertisement (below) seeking to recruit
insiders employed who could provide remote corporate network access through VPN
or virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) credentials within the following
sectors:

 * Telecommunications companies
 * Large software and/or gaming companies
 * Call centers and business process management (BPM) providers
 * Server hosting providers

Screenshot of LAPSUS$ insider recruitment ad (Screenshot: Flashpoint).

Even prior to this latest insider recruitment advertisement, Flashpoint has
observed multiple instances of LAPSUS$ insider recruitment attempts in the
LAPSUS$ Telegram group going back to the group’s founding in December 2021. For
example, on December 12, 2021, the group offered to pay potential Brazilian
Federal Police insiders within their Telegram group chat $15,000 for internal
network access to Brazil’s Federal Police network.

Although Flashpoint has not observed an example of an insider providing LAPSUS$
with access which later led to a real world attack, it’s likely that if an
insider has provided access to LAPSUS$ that has enabled an attack, these
conversations likely would have taken place via private direct messages. 

Based on LAPSUS$’s history of openly soliciting for corporate network accesses,
Flashpoint assesses with moderate confidence that this is at least one if not
the primary method the group is gaining initial access to victim organizations.
As the group has also demonstrated a preference in login credentials for remote
network gateways, it’s also possible that the group could be procuring a portion
of these accesses through dark web purchases such as browser stealer malware
logs which are readily available for purchase on several dark web account shops
and marketplaces. 

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