"Federal prosecutors charged a UK teenager with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and other crimes in connection with the network intrusions of 47 US companies that generated more than $115 million in ransomware payments over a three-year span. A criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday (PDF) said that Thalha Jubair, 19, of London, was part of Scattered Spider, the name of an English-language-speaking group that has breached the networks of scores of companies worldwide."
"After obtaining data, the group demanded that the victims pay hefty ransoms or see their confidential data published or sold. Bitcoin paid by victims recovered The unsealing of the document, filed in US District Court of the District of New Jersey, came the same day Jubair and another alleged Scattered Spider member-Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands-were charged by UK prosecutors in connection with last year's cyberattack on Transport for London."
Federal prosecutors charged Thalha Jubair, 19, with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and related offenses linked to intrusions of 47 U.S. companies that yielded more than $115 million in ransomware payments. The charges identify Scattered Spider as an English-language group that breached numerous corporate networks and extorted victims by threatening to publish or sell stolen data. U.K. authorities charged Jubair and alleged member Owen Flowers in a Transport for London cyberattack. Both suspects were arrested and remanded to appear in Crown Court on October 16. Prosecutors allege additional attacks on SSM Health Care and an attempted breach of Sutter Health. Jubair also faces charges for refusing to provide PINs and passwords for seized devices.
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