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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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• Armenia
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• Department of Justice (DOJ)
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• Justice Department
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• Russia
• Ryuk
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Armenian national pleads guilty to Ryuk ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop July 10, 2026

Armenian national pleads guilty to Ryuk ransomware attacks |...

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6 min read

• ALPHV
• Angelo Martino
• BlackCat
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• DigitalMint
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• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
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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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3 min read

• Conti
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Conti ransomware group member pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison

Cyber Scoop June 12, 2026

Conti ransomware group member pleads guilty, faces up to...

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4 min read

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• DigitalMint
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• Sygnia
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Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison...

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5 min read

• ALPHV
• BlackCat
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• DigitalMint
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
• hacking
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• insurance
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Threats

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme...

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4 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extortion
• guilty
• Justice Department
• phishing
• Scattered Spider
• SIM swapping
• Spain
• The Com
• Unit 221B
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created Scattered Spider’s notoriety

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created...

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3 min read

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• North Korea
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Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme from their homes

Cyber Scoop March 20, 2026

Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme...

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• Phobos
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• Russia

Phobos ransomware leader pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison

Cyber Scoop March 5, 2026

Phobos ransomware leader pleads guilty, faces up to 20...

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3 min read

• cryptocurrency
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• District Court of Northern Texas
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
• ransomware
• Russia
• Zeppelin

Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to four-year crime spree

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to four-year crime...

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