U.K. Hacker Linked to Notorious Scattered Spider Group Arrested in Spain
June 16, 2024 – Published on The Hacker News
Law enforcement authorities have allegedly arrested a key member of the notorious cybercrime group called Scattered Spider.
The individual, a 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom, was arrested this week in the Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca as he attempted to board a flight to Italy. The move is part of a joint effort between the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Spanish National Police that began last May.
News of the arrest was first reported by Murcia Today on June 14, 2024, with vx-underground subsequently revealing that the apprehended party is “associated with several other high profile ransomware attacks performed by Scattered Spider.”
Scattered Spider, which also overlaps with activity tracked under the monikers 0ktapus, Octo Tempest, and UNC3944, is a financially motivated threat group that’s infamous for orchestrating sophisticated social engineering attacks to gain initial access to organizations, including the targeting of the CyberArk Privileged Access Security (PAS) solution.
This has also been a pattern observed in RansomHub ransomware attacks, raising the possibility that at least one member of Scattered Spider may have turned into an affiliate for the nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, according to GuidePoint Security.
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