The US DOJ charges a UK teen allegedly tied to Scattered Spider over 120+ cyberattacks and the UK charged him and another teen over a Transport for London hack
The 19-year-old is alleged to have extracted $115mn in ransom payments from victims — A British teenager has been charged …
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- For the record, since I think it's now safe to say - Thalha Jubair (a teen) is the key guy behind LAPSUS$/Scattered Spider/ShinyHunters and allegedly most of the big cyber incidents of the past 5 years. https://krebsonsecurity.com/ ... He's been running rings around everybody since he was 14. @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social · Kevin Beaumont
- Holy moly. The DOJ just dropped their charges against Jubair, alleging he was involved in 120 intrusions and extortion against 47 US entities. The complaint alleges victims paid at least $115 million in ransom payments. At a hearing today in the UK, it emerged that Jubair had access to $200 million in crypto, and Flowers $7M … @briankrebs@infosec.exchange · BrianKrebs
- In July, I reported on the arrest and storied history of two key members of the prolific “Scattered Spider” cybercrime group — U.K. residents Thalha Jubair, 19, and 18-y/o Owen Flowers. Today, U.K. prosecutors charged the duo for the hack of the U.K. transit agency Transport for London (TfL) last year. … @briankrebs@infosec.exchange · BrianKrebs
- “In October 2024 and January 2025, Jubair participated in a scheme to gain unauthorized access to the networks of a U.S.-based critical infrastructure company and the U.S. Courts.” — Related: not very stealthy, they posted screenshots of their access this week. 🤦♂️ … @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social · Kevin Beaumont
- What's also shocking from their arrest and appearance in court today and the US charges is the allegation businesses paid them 9 figures (!) in ransoms to avoid disclosure - the court was told today Thalha allegedly has $200m in cryptocurrency and Owen has $8m. — How is it normal businesses are funding that? @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social · Kevin Beaumont
- I've made the point before btw but I lost the toot (@metacurity remembers) - if you're a teen getting into cybersecurity, you can get a £30k a year SOC analyst job in London... or make millions ransoming companies by phoning them up and... asking for access. … @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social · Kevin Beaumont
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Two men have been charged as part of the NCA investigation into a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL). Read the full story ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ ... @CityPolice [image]
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Last year @TfL were the subject of a cyber attack which caused significant disruption to their services. Following a complex investigation involving the City of London Police, @NCA_UK has today brought charges against two individuals in relation to the incident. [image]
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Chat, I'm not a crypto nerd. In this Scattered Spider court document, they state Mr. Jubair a/k/a Earth2Star received approx. 920.16BTC from performing ransomware attacks. How difficult is it to safely launder 920.16BTC? (approx. $108,062,646 as of this writing) [image]
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DAWG. They social engineered the United States judicial system (???), reset someone's password by pretending to be helpdesk, and LOOKED THEMSELVES UP [image]
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Dawg, one of the Scattered Spider guys ransomed a bunch of companies, made $36,000,000, then used the money for Uber Eats and Steam 😭 They had him from Uber Eats bro 😭 [image]
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Huge Scattered Spider arrest today — 19 years old, in the UK, & allegedly committed 120 intrusions, extorted 47+ U.S. orgs for $115 Million in ransom. If convicted, a potential 95 years in prison. A definite “tell us everyone involved or you'll die in a cell” attempt here.
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United Kingdom National Charged in Connection with Multiple Cyber Attacks, Including on Critical Infrastructure “Jubair is alleged to have participated in a sweeping cyber extortion scheme carried out by a group known as Scattered Spider, which committed at least 120 attacks [ima…
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The UK's National Crime Agency has announced the arrest of two suspected members of the Scattered Spider group in connection with last year's hack of Transport for London. Thalha Jubair, 19, from East London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, were taken into custody at their
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Today, the FBI and @TheJusticeDept announced charges against UK national Thalha Jubair, who was arrested on Tuesday for alleged participation in a sweeping cyber extortion scheme by the Scattered Spider criminal group. Jubair and his associates were involved in approximately [ima…
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HOLY FUCK. Department of Justice nabbed one of the Scattered Spider guys. They got him on 120 counts of computer intrusions. He's facing over 95 years in prison. I've NEVER seen a cyber crime charge this high. [image]
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Oh my goodness, I guess the image is too blurry. I received this image last year when someone who was (probably) in Scattered Spider claimed to have compromise critical infrastructure in the United Kingdom. Specifically, this is access (allegedly) to Transport For London.
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I received this image quite some time ago. I've been sitting on it. Staring at it. Contemplating the duality of life. Can anyone guess what this image is? [image]
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My dispatch on the DOJ charges unsealed today against a UK teenager accused of being prolific hacker in the Scattered Spider group. Prosecutors say Thalha Jubair, 19, was involved in at least 120 cyberattacks, including the U.S. Courts system, and the extortion of dozens of U.S.…
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‘Scattered Spider’ teens charged over London transportation hack