{"id":164575,"date":"2024-06-17T10:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T10:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/?p=164575"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T10:43:24","slug":"spanish-police-member-scattered-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/164575\/cyber-crime\/spanish-police-member-scattered-spider.html","title":{"rendered":"Spanish police arrested an alleged member of the Scattered Spider group<\/gwmw>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A joint law enforcement operation led to the arrest of a key member of the cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spanish police arrested a 22-year-old British national who is suspected of being a key member of the cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider<\/a> (also known as\u00a0UNC3944<\/a>, 0ktapus<\/a>). The man was arrested in Palma de Mallorca while attempting to fly to Italy, during the arrest, police confiscated a laptop and a mobile phone. The arrest resulted from a joint operation conducted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Spanish Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A 22-year-old British man has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca in a joint effort by Spanish police and the FBI on suspicion of being the ringleader of a hacking group which targeted 45 companies and people in the United States.” reported the Murcia Today<\/strong><\/a>. “He stands accused of hacking into corporate accounts and stealing critical information, which allegedly enabled the group to access multi-million-dollar funds.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cybercrime group Scattered Spider is suspected of hacking into\u00a0hundreds of organizations over the past two years, including Twilio<\/a>,\u00a0LastPass<\/a>,\u00a0DoorDash<\/a>, and\u00a0Mailchimp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Murcia Today did not provide info about the arrested man, vx-underground\u00a0states that the individual was involved in “several other high-profile ransomware attacks performed by Scattered Spider.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vx-underground also added that the man arrested is a SIM-swapper known by the alias “Tyler.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 14th a 22-year-old British man was arrested in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Per the official report: the currently unidentified male is alleged to be behind a series of large-enterprise 'hacks' which resulted in the theft of corporate information and allowing an unidentified\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/jygRdfCUpu<\/a><\/p>— vx-underground (@vxunderground) June 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>