U.S. Department of Justice Arrests Teen Linked to Ransomware Group

According to PANews, the U.S. Department of Justice has arrested a 19-year-old member of the Scattered Spider ransomware group. Court documents reveal that the individual, identified as Jubair, also known as Earth2Star, allegedly obtained approximately 920.16 BTC in ransom through ransomware attacks. 23pds, the Chief Information Security Officer at SlowMist Technology, stated on the X platform that the Scattered Spider network did not exploit zero-day vulnerabilities, use new malware, or target vulnerable external machines. Instead, they conducted basic reconnaissance using social media platforms like LinkedIn and investor websites to gather information about companies. They then called help desks to gain trust and execute their attacks.