Cybercrime British Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty in the US Tyler Buchanan admitted in court to hacking into various companies, defrauding them, and stealing cryptocurrency from multiple individuals. Ionut ArghireApril 20, 2026
Cybercrime Researchers Trap Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters in Honeypot Using fake accounts and synthetic data to lure the hackers, the researchers gathered information on their servers. Ionut ArghireJanuary 6, 2026
Cybercrime CrowdStrike Insider Helped Hackers Falsely Claim System Breach The company has confirmed that it terminated an insider who shared screenshots of his computer with cybercriminals. Ionut ArghireNovember 24, 2025
Data Breaches Extortion Group Leaks Millions of Records From Salesforce Hacks The data allegedly pertains to Albertsons, Engie Resources, Fujifilm, GAP, Qantas, and Vietnam Airlines. Ionut ArghireOctober 13, 2025
Data Breaches Hackers Extorting Salesforce After Stealing Data From Dozens of Customers Salesforce says the extortion attempts are related to past or unsubstantiated incidents, and not to fresh intrusions. Ionut ArghireOctober 6, 2025
Cybercrime Scattered Spider Suspect Arrested in US The juvenile suspect surrendered on September 17 and was booked on computer intrusion, extortion, and identity theft charges. Ionut ArghireSeptember 23, 2025
Cybercrime Two Scattered Spider Suspects Arrested in UK; One Charged in US Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were charged in the UK and the US with hacking critical infrastructure organizations. Ionut ArghireSeptember 19, 2025
Cybercrime Security Industry Skeptical of Scattered Spider-ShinyHunters Retirement Claims The notorious cybercrime groups claim they are going dark, but experts believe they will continue their activities. Eduard KovacsSeptember 16, 2025
Data Breaches Jaguar Land Rover Admits Data Breach Caused by Recent Cyberattack After announcing that the cyberattack-caused disruption to factories would continue, Jaguar Land Rover is now confirming a data breach. Eduard KovacsSeptember 10, 2025
Cybercrime Scattered Spider Hacker Sentenced to Prison Noah Urban was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the notorious cybercriminal operation known as Scattered Spider. Ionut ArghireAugust 21, 2025
Data Breaches 1.1 Million Unique Records Identified in Allianz Life Data Leak Have I Been Pwned has analyzed the information made public by the hackers who recently targeted Allianz Life. Eduard KovacsAugust 19, 2025
Cybercrime Help Desk at Risk: Scattered Spider Shines Light on Overlook Threat Vector As attackers target help desks and identity systems, traditional security perimeters are proving insufficient against agile, socially-engineered threats. Torsten GeorgeAugust 8, 2025
Data Breaches Google Discloses Data Breach via Salesforce Hack A Google Salesforce instance may have been targeted as part of a ShinyHunters campaign that hit several major companies. Eduard KovacsAugust 6, 2025
Cybercrime Scattered Spider Activity Drops Following Arrests, but Others Adopting Group’s Tactics Multiple financially motivated threat actors are targeting backup systems and employing Scattered Spider’s social engineering techniques. Ionut ArghireJuly 30, 2025
Cybercrime Scattered Spider Targeting VMware vSphere Environments The financially motivated group is pivoting from Active Directory to VMware vSphere environments, deploying ransomware from the hypervisor. Ionut ArghireJuly 28, 2025
Cybercrime Four Arrested in UK Over M&S, Co-op Cyberattacks Three teens and a woman have been arrested by the UK’s NCA over the hacking of M&S, Co-op and Harrods. Eduard KovacsJuly 10, 2025
Cybercrime Hawaiian Airlines Hacked as Aviation Sector Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks Scattered Spider is targeting airlines and the recent WestJet hack is believed to be the work of the notorious cybercrime group. Eduard KovacsJune 30, 2025
Cybercrime US Insurance Industry Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks Google is warning insurance companies that Scattered Spider appears to have shifted its focus from the retail sector. Eduard KovacsJune 17, 2025
Ransomware Google Warns UK Retailer Hackers Now Targeting US Google says the hacking group behind the recent cyberattacks on UK retailers is now shifting focus to the US. Ionut ArghireMay 16, 2025
Cybercrime Suspected Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty A 20-year-old arrested last year and charged alongside others believed to be members of Scattered Spider has pleaded guilty. Eduard KovacsApril 7, 2025