Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial
2026-06-24T13:23:30Z•4a9fd1253aa402fe34331c0c5ac4591240834800a143e2e8ac6f37fbfdb810c6
AI support botAWS GovCloudAlarum TechnologiesCISADDoS botnetDortGitHub leakInstagram account takeoverKimwolfMetaMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetNutNetherlands server seizures`,`Russia-linked operations`,Popa botnetScattered SpiderThe GentlemenTransport for Londonaccount takeoveradvertising fraudcredential exposurecritical vulnerabilitiesdata scrapingpublic exploit coderansomwareresidential proxy
What happened
A collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports covering multiple high-impact cyber incidents: two Scattered Spider members pleaded guilty in the UK for the August 2024 Transport for London attack; the Popa Android TV-box botnet was tied to NetNut (Alarum Technologies), implicating a publicly-traded residential-proxy provider in large-scale ad fraud, account takeover and scraping operations; investigators are closing in on the administrator of The Gentlemen ransomware gang; Microsoft shipped a record ~200 fixes in June 2026 (dozens rated critical, with public exploit code for some flaws); attackers ab
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- 4a9fd1253aa402fe34331c0c5ac4591240834800a143e2e8ac6f37fbfdb810c6
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- 2026-06-24T13:23:30Z
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- Yes
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