‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
2026-04-26T13:23:30Z•d9b98bb59b0445b0575634fb168e33c18d0be552a8a5f4b6602f7c05416ddf0d
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What happened
The feed aggregates multiple high-impact security developments in early 2026: a senior member of the Scattered Spider crew (Tyler Robert Buchanan, “Tylerb”) pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft tied to SMS/phishing attacks that enabled intrusions into major tech firms and large cryptocurrency thefts; Microsoft issued a large April Patch Tuesday (167 fixes) including a SharePoint Server zero-day and a publicly disclosed Windows Defender issue nicknamed “BlueHammer,” while Google Chrome and Adobe released emergency fixes for actively exploited zero-days and RCE flaws. Separ
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- 2026-04-26T13:23:30Z
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