British Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty in the US
2026-04-20T13:24:08Z•2b57b4096abf62448e214e441c3fb5405de7fb160302e69d70046445cd1bd966
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This collection of SecurityWeek items highlights a range of active threats and policy developments: British Scattered Spider member Tyler Buchanan pleaded guilty to hacking, fraud and crypto theft; QEMU has been abused in multiple campaigns for defense evasion by distributing ransomware and remote-access tools; and Bluesky suffered a 24‑hour DDoS claimed by a pro‑Iran group. Other items: Vercel (Next.js creator) confirmed a breach and stolen data was offered for sale (claim attributed to ShinyHunters); about half of ~6 million internet‑facing FTP servers still lack encryption; a year‑long in‑
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