Recent cyberattacks attributed to the Scattered Spider gang are now affecting major American retailers, as identified by Google's Mandiant. After a period of inactivity, the gang shifted focus to the U.S., targeting well-known companies. Mandiant's CTO, Charles Carmakal, notes that ongoing disruptions stem from retailers' defensive actions to thwart attacks while dealing with impacts from previous intrusions. This may involve necessary operational changes, impacting their ability to authenticate and access systems effectively, suggesting that downtime can result from both external threats and internal prevention strategies.
The same miscreants behind recent cyberattacks on British retailers are now trying to dig their claws into major American retailers' IT environments.
A lot of the disruption is caused by the company making changes to prevent Scattered Spider from being able to move across the network.
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