Two Scattered Spider members plead guilty over cyberattack that crippled London transit
2026-06-23T14:51:53Z•05f89ca635f5dd784522792f10a6040bcc9a77a21327b489cf6c16511d0a233c
BrazilCirclesCivil Defense Alert systemEvil CorpHuman Rights WatchScattered SpiderSocGholishTfLTransport for LondonUK Information Commissionerbotnet disruptioncyberattackexport controlsfalse emergency alertsguilty pleamalwarepublic transportation disruptionresignationsurveillance exports
What happened
Collection of recent cyber and privacy-related incidents: two young alleged Scattered Spider members (20 and 18) pleaded guilty to a 2024 cyberattack that infiltrated Transport for London’s network and disrupted public transit for months; suspected cyber intrusions caused at least a dozen false emergency alerts via Brazil’s Civil Defense Alert system; an international operation disrupted the SocGholish botnet tied to Russia-linked Evil Corp; Human Rights Watch reported that Bulgarian export licenses allowed surveillance firm Circles to sell tech to repressive regimes (2018–2023); and the UK’s
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