Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial

2026-06-23T19:23:28Z3758e3825cbd04aeb910ed4367cb27f1722400f5550c9d2bb18510c6f732f779
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What happened

Multiple high-impact cyber incidents and investigations reported: two Scattered Spider members pleaded guilty for the August 2024 Transport for London outage; researchers linked the Popa Android TV-box botnet to NetNut/Alarum Technologies; reporting probes the identity/leadership of The Gentlemen ransomware group. Microsoft issued a record Patch Tuesday (nearly 200 fixes, ~3 dozen rated critical and public exploits for at least three bugs). Attackers abused Meta’s AI support assistant to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts. Law enforcement actions included the Netherlands seizing ~800 se vs

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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3758e3825cbd04aeb910ed4367cb27f1722400f5550c9d2bb18510c6f732f779
Enrichment time
2026-06-23T19:23:28Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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