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Leading members of Scattered Spider sentenced in UK to 66 months in jail

Cyber Scoop July 17, 2026

Leading members of Scattered Spider sentenced in UK to...

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• ALPHV
• Angelo Martino
• BlackCat
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• DigitalMint
• extortion
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• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to 70 months in jail

Cyber Scoop July 9, 2026

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator who duped clients sentenced to...

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• Arrest
• cybercrime
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• Data theft
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extortion
• extradition
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Octo Tempest
• ransomware
• Scattered Spider

Alleged longstanding member of Scattered Spider extradited to US

Cyber Scoop July 2, 2026

Alleged longstanding member of Scattered Spider extradited to US...

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• AntV
• Bitwarden
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• CI/CD
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• Exclusive
• extortion
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• Red Hat
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• ShinyHunters
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• supply chain attacks
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• Telnyx
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• Trivy
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How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade

Cyber Scoop June 18, 2026

How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• extortion
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• Oracle
• Oracle PeopleSoft
• Research
• ShinyHunters
• Zero-day
• zero-day exploit
• zero-days

ShinyHunters is actively extorting universities after exploiting an unpatched Oracle flaw

Cyber Scoop June 12, 2026

ShinyHunters is actively extorting universities after exploiting an unpatched...

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• 764
• Arrest
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• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Government
• Justice Department
• Sextortion
• The Com
• Threats

Tennessee man linked to 764 accused of series of crimes against children dating back to 2022

Cyber Scoop May 29, 2026

Tennessee man linked to 764 accused of series of...

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• Conti
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• Dataminr
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Flashpoint
• Halcyon
• law firms
• legal
• phishing
• ransomware
• Recorded Future
• Russia
• Silent Ransom Group
• Social engineering
• Threats
• voice phishing

FBI warns US-based law firms to be on the lookout for cybercrime group that steals data in person

Cyber Scoop May 27, 2026

FBI warns US-based law firms to be on the...

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• Akira
• Conti
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extortion
• extradition
• Georgia
• Justice Department
• Latvia
• prison
• ransomware
• Royal
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Latvian national sentenced for ransomware attacks run by former Conti leaders

Cyber Scoop May 5, 2026

Latvian national sentenced for ransomware attacks run by former...

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• financial sector
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• hospitality
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• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
• residential proxy network
• retail
• SaaS
• Scattered Spider
• Snarky Spider
• Technology
• The Com
• Threats
• Unit 42

Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider...

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• BlackFile
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• extortion
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• hospitality
• okta
• Palo Alto Networks
• retail
• RH-ISAC
• The Com
• Threats
• Unit 42

BlackFile actively extorting data-theft victims in retail and hospitality sector

Cyber Scoop April 27, 2026

BlackFile actively extorting data-theft victims in retail and hospitality...

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