Scattered Spider Security Incident

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British-American hacking group Scattered Spider Nickname See Names Formation c. May 2022 Type Hacker group Purpose Ransomware , cyberattacks Region United States and United Kingdom Methods Social engineering , ransomware as a service , password cracking Affiliations ALPHV Scattered Spider , also referred to as UNC3944 , [ 1 ] is a hacking group mostly made up of teens and young adults believed to live in the United States and the United Kingdom. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The group is believed to be affiliated with cybercriminal network named "The Com", known for it's crimes against minors. [ 4 ] The group gained notoriety for their involvement in the hacking and extortion of Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International , two of the largest casino and gambling companies in the United States. Scattered Spider has also targeted Visa, Marks & Spencer , PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Transamerica, New York Life Insurance Co., Synchrony Financial , Truist Bank , and Twilio. Members of Scattered Spider have been connected with the hacks against Snowflake cloud storage customers in the US. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] More recently, members of Scattered Spider have been connected with the hacks against Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia. [ 8 ] Names [ edit ] The group's most common name as used in press releases and by journalists is Scattered Spider, though many other names have been attributed to the group. Star Fraud, Octo Tempest, Scatter Swine, and Muddled Libra have all been names used to refer to the group previously. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] Scattered Spider is a component of a larger global hacking community, known as "the Community" or "the Com", itself having members who have hacked major American technology companies. [ 9 ] Early history [ edit ] Scattered Spider is believed to have been founded in May 2022, when the group was focused on attacks on telecommunications firms. The group utilized SIM swap scams , multi-factor authentication...

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