In an advisory released last weekend, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed further details regarding the cybercrime outfit Scattered Spider and its link with the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation.
Scattered Spider, who goes by multiple aliases including 0ktapus, Starfraud, and Octo Tempest, has reportedly been behind some of the most renowned ransomware attacks in recent memory, according to a Bleeping Computer report. The agile group of 16-year-old English-speaking hackers has broken into networks belonging to Twilio, Reddit, MailChimp, and other companies using devious social engineering techniques.
The FBI now reveals that some members of Scattered Spider have teamed up with ALPHV/BlackCat, the ransomware cartel based in Russia that is responsible for significant attacks on the government of Costa Rica and oil giant Shell. Thanks to this partnership, the actors known as Scattered Spider can use BlackCat to lock down and encrypt systems before extorting money from victims.
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