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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

September 13, 2024 admin 2992, 303, 404, 545, 555, 6996, 7997, 8884, advance auto parts, ali winston, alphv, aspertaine, AT&T, beige group, black cat, Bloomberg, breachforums, Breadcrumbs, chumlul, court, CrowdStrike, cultist, cvlt, Der Spiegel, discord, Doxbin, ea games, h3ll, harm nation, james thomas andrew mccarty, judische, kalana limkin, kaskar, kayte, kingbob, kt, kya christian nelson, leak society, lending tree, Mandiant, mark rasch, mgm resorts, microsoft, Minecraft, Ne'er-Do-Well News, neiman marcus, nicholas "convict" ceraolo, nmk, noah michael urban, nvidia, Okta, owen david flowers, pompompurin, RCMP, recorder, roblox, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, sagar "weep" singh, Samsung, santander bank, scattered spider, SIM swapping, slit town, snowflake, sosa, star chat, steam, SWATting, T-Mobile, telegram, the com, The Washington Post, ticketmaster, Twitch, u.s. department of justice, u.s. drug enforcement agency, unc5537, unit 221b, vile, violence-as-a-service, vsphere, waifu, Web Fraud 2.0, wired

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:16:45 +0000

A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others.

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Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

June 15, 2024 admin 0ktapus, caesars, data breaches, doordash, FBI, Group-IB, king bob, lastpass, mailchimp, mgm, murcia today, Ne'er-Do-Well News, noah michael urban, Okta, scattered spider, signal, SIM swapping, sosa, the com, tyler buchanan, vx-underground, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:40:20 +0000

A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

January 30, 2024 admin 0ktapus, A Little Sunshine, Breadcrumbs, elijah, grails, Group-IB, king bob, lastpass, lastpass breach, mailchimp, Ne'er-Do-Well News, noah michael urban, Okta, plex, scattered spider, signal, SIM swapping, sosa, twilio, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:07:18 +0000

On Jan. 9, 2024, U.S. authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.