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Scattered Spider

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14 articles decelerating

Scattered Spider has appeared in 14 articles since 2023-09. Coverage peaked in 2025Q3 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside MGM, English, U.S..

Articles
14
mentions
Velocity
-60.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-4.600
velocity change
Sources
8
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-03-07
BBC 2 related

Source: the 2024 cyber-attack by the Scattered Spider group on Transport For London resulted in the theft of personal data of ~10M people

2026-03-06
BBC 2 related

Source: the 2024 cyber-attack by the Scattered Spider group on Transport For London resulted in the theft of personal data of ~10M people

Around 10 million people had their data stolen when Transport for London (TfL) was hacked in 2024, the BBC has discovered, making it one of the biggest hacks in British history.

2025-09-21
Bloomberg 3 related

A profile of Noah Urban, who was a key member of the Scattered Spider group because of his social engineering skills and is serving a 10-year prison sentence

https://www.bloomberg.com/... …

2025-07-11
BBC 40 related

UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc

Dunno, not making a particular point, other than that I've been around for ages.  Don't cause havoc kids, at least not in these kinds of ways.  [embedded post] Eric Geller / @ericjgeller.com : British...

2025-07-04
Wired 2 related

A look at Scattered Spider, a group of mostly young UK and US hackers using targeted social engineering to gain access to company networks and deploy ransomware

The Scattered Spider hacking group has caused chaos among retailers, insurers, and airlines in recent months.

2025-06-21
The Record 25 related

Insurance giant Aflac says a cybercrime group breached its systems and may have stolen data; source: the attack bears the hallmarks of Scattered Spider

Insurance company Aflac said a “sophisticated cybercrime group” breached its systems and may have stolen data.

2024-09-17
Krebs on Security 4 related

A look at the activity of some members of The Com, an online community linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group, and their involvement in extortion groups

which corresponds to the screen name “@Holy” — and found the same account was used across a number of cybercrime channels that are entirely focused on extorting young people into harming themselves or...

2023-11-17
BleepingComputer 9 related

The FBI and the CISA release an advisory detailing the tactics used by Scattered Spider, a hacker group that now collaborates with the BlackCat ransomware group

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory …

2023-09-24
Reuters 5 related

A look at Scattered Spider, which experts say is a group of 17- to 22-year-old native English speakers likely behind MGM and 52+ other hacks since March 2022

About a year ago, the U.S. security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in ways that weren't the norm for cybercriminals.

2023-09-23
Reuters 5 related

A look at Scattered Spider, which experts say is a group of 17 to 22-year-old native English speakers likely behind the MGM and 52+ other hacks since March 2022

About a year ago, the U.S. security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in ways that weren't the norm for cybercriminals.

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TEXXR tracks 18 Techmeme articles mentioning Scattered Spider, dating back to September 2023. The biggest stories include MGM was likely hacked by Scattered Spider, an English-speaking group that previously used... and The US DOJ charges a UK teen allegedly tied to Scattered Spider over 120+ cyberattacks.... Frequently covered alongside MGM and Tyler Buchanan. Coverage has shifted toward consumer themes and away from competition.

Key Moments

2025Q3competition -100pts; regulation +50pts
2026Q1consumer +100pts; regulation -50pts

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