Scattered Spider

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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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• cybercrime
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• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extortion
• guilty
• Justice Department
• phishing
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• 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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• Analyst1
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• UK

Teen arrested in UK was a core figure in Scattered Spider’s operations

Cyber Scoop September 24, 2025

Teen arrested in UK was a core figure in...

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• Las Vegas
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• Social engineering

Las Vegas police arrest minor accused of high-profile 2023 casino attacks

Cyber Scoop September 22, 2025

Las Vegas police arrest minor accused of high-profile 2023...

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4 min read

• cybercrime
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• Department of Justice (DOJ)
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• Government
• hacking
• National Crime Agency
• ransomware
• Scattered Spider
• The Com
• Threats
• UK
• Unit 221B
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

UK arrests two teens accused of heavy involvement in yearslong Scattered Spider attack spree

Cyber Scoop September 18, 2025

UK arrests two teens accused of heavy involvement in...

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• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Scattered Spider
• The Com

Florida man gets 10 years in prison in first Scattered Spider sentencing

Cyber Scoop August 21, 2025

Florida man gets 10 years in prison in first...

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• cybercrime
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• incident response
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
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• Social engineering
• Threats
• Unit 42

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds

Cyber Scoop August 1, 2025

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto...

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5 min read

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• children
• crypto
• crypto crime
• cryptocurrency
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• doxxing
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• hacker
• hackers
• ransomware
• Scattered Spider
• Sextortion
• The Com
• Threats
• Unit 221B

FBI alerts tie together threats of cybercrime, physical violence from The Com

Cyber Scoop July 28, 2025

FBI alerts tie together threats of cybercrime, physical violence...

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3 min read

• cybercrime
• National Crime Agency
• ransomware
• Scattered Spider
• The Com
• Threats

UK arrests four for cyberattacks on major British retailers

Cyber Scoop July 10, 2025

UK arrests four for cyberattacks on major British retailers...

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7 min read

• critical infrastructure
• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• hacking
• Halcyon
• Mandiant
• ransomware
• Scattered Spider
• Silent Push
• Sophos
• The Com
• Threats
• UNC3944

Scattered Spider weaves web of social-engineered destruction

Cyber Scoop July 7, 2025

Scattered Spider weaves web of social-engineered destruction | CyberScoop...

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