Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial
2026-07-01T19:23:30Z•7ad60ad31efa902e2ee1d8a57f56990aff45de7e4e5329670785a7ffed254ccb
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What happened
Collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports (May–Jun 2026) detailing multiple high-impact cyber incidents: two Scattered Spider members pleaded guilty for the August 2024 Transport for London attack; researchers linked the Popa Android TV-box botnet to NetNut/Alarum Technologies; investigation into the operator of The Gentlemen ransomware; Microsoft issued a record Patch Tuesday (~200 fixes, many critical, some with public exploit code); attackers abused Meta’s AI support bot to hijack Instagram accounts; Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested hosting co-owners accused of supporting pro‑
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- Source ID
- krebs_on_security
- Record identifier
- 7ad60ad31efa902e2ee1d8a57f56990aff45de7e4e5329670785a7ffed254ccb
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-01T19:23:30Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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