An Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply Chain Hacking Gang
Andy GreenbergSecuritySep 18, 2026 12:00 PMAn Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply Chain Hacking GangTeamPCP pulled off the worst-ever software supply chain hacking spree and breached thousands of companies. According to Larsen, Google eventually followed a trail of operational security mistakes allegedly made by one of the two Australians now accused of being leading members of the hackers group and passed on key identifying details to law enforcement. The company also received intelligence from ShinyHunters, another infamous cybercriminal group that TeamPCP partnered with, but which later turned on the supply chain hackers.
- ▪Andy GreenbergSecuritySep 18, 2026 12:00 PMAn Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply Chain Hacking GangTeamPCP pulled off the worst-ever software supply chain hacking spree and breached thousands of companies.
- ▪According to Larsen, Google eventually followed a trail of operational security mistakes allegedly made by one of the two Australians now accused of being leading members of the hackers group and passed on key identifying details to law enf
- ▪The company also received intelligence from ShinyHunters, another infamous cybercriminal group that TeamPCP partnered with, but which later turned on the supply chain hackers.
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Andy GreenbergSecuritySep 18, 2026 12:00 PMAn Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply Chain Hacking GangTeamPCP pulled off the worst-ever software supply chain hacking spree and breached thousands of companies. Now Google’s threat intelligence group has revealed it had a mole inside the hackers’ inner circle.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyBefore two of its alleged members were arrested and charged in Australia last month, the hacker group known as TeamPCP carried out a hacking spree unlike any other in history.
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