British man arrested in Spain for allegedly being ringleader of notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group.
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A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom was recently arrested in Spain over his alleged leadership role in the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group.
Spanish news website Murcia Today reported on June 14 that an unnamed British man had been arrested in Palma de Mallorca as he was trying to board a flight to Italy. The arrest was the result of collaboration between Spanish police and the FBI.
The FBI announced in May that it had been seeking to charge members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, whose members are largely believed to be from the US and western countries, and some from eastern Europe. One alleged member of the group, a 19-year-old from Florida, was arrested in January.?
Active since early 2022, Scattered Spider is also known as Starfraud, UNC3944, Scatter Swine, and Muddled Libra. Its financially motivated operations have targeted organizations in customer relationship management (CRM), business-process outsourcing (BPO), telecoms and the technology sectors.?
The group leverages sophisticated social engineering attacks, which often involve SIM swapping. It’s well known for attacks involving the deployment of BlackCat (Alphv) ransomware, including against hospitality and entertainment giant MGM Resorts.??