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Alleged Scattered Spider teen cuffed after extortion Bitcoin used to buy games, meals

1 month ago
Feds say gift card splurges tied suspect to multimillion-dollar ransomware crew

Thalha Jubair, one of the two UK teens arrested on Tuesday and accused of being members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang, allegedly played a role in bilking more than 100 organizations out of at least $115 million in ransom payments. Cops nabbed him after following a number of clues, including gift cards purchased from a cryptocurrency wallet on the same server that also held wallets receiving extortion payments.…

Jessica Lyons

Firewall upgrade linked to three deaths after Australian telco cut off emergency calls

1 month ago
Optus was unaware network changes caused a problem, and ignored some customer complaints

Australian telco Optus says its staff may not have followed established processes when a firewall upgrade they conducted resulted in customers not being able to call emergency services for 14 hours – a period during which it is thought three of the carrier’s customers died after trying to seek help, according to the company's CEO.…

Simon Sharwood