Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial
2026-06-26T13:23:32Z•077a0a080aa43129c1f556377fc594ff817f44822e1f0521997f12213a0f2ee5
AWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISADDoSGitHub leakIoT botnetKimwolfMeta AI support botMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutNetherlands server seizurePopa botnetRussian cyber operationsScattered SpiderThe GentlemenTransport for Londonaccount takeoveradvertising fraudarrestspublic exploitransomwareresidential proxyzero-day
What happened
Multiple high-impact incidents reported in June 2026: two members of Scattered Spider pleaded guilty for an August 2024 attack that crippled Transport for London; researchers linked the Popa Android TV-box botnet to NetNut/Alarum Technologies, implicating a commercial residential-proxy provider in ad fraud, account takeover and mass scraping; The Gentlemen emerged as a top ransomware gang with aggressive recruitment and affiliate economics; Microsoft pushed a record Patch Tuesday (~200 fixes, ~3 dozen critical bugs) with at least three publicly-exploited flaws; attackers abused Meta’s AI ‘help
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- krebs_on_security
- Record identifier
- 077a0a080aa43129c1f556377fc594ff817f44822e1f0521997f12213a0f2ee5
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-26T13:23:32Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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