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Title: Alleged 'Scattered Spider' Member Extradited to US

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/30/22342...

Investigative journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs reports: A 23-
year-old Scottish man thought to be a member of the prolific Scattered Spider
cybercrime group was extradited last week from Spain to the United States,
where he is facing charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and identity theft. U.S.
prosecutors allege Tyler Robert Buchanan and co-conspirators hacked into
dozens of companies in the United States and abroad, and that he personally
controlled more than $26 million stolen from victims. Scattered Spider is a
loosely affiliated criminal hacking group whose members have broken into and
stolen data from some of the world's largest technology companies. Buchanan
was arrested in Spain last year on a warrant from the FBI, which wanted him
in connection with a series of SMS-based phishing attacks in the summer of
2022 that led to intrusions at Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and
many other tech firms. The complain against Buchanan is available here (PDF).

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