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Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty in London Transport Attack

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Krebs on Security ·

Two members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleaded guilty on the first day of a six-week trial in the UK. They were charged for the August 2024 ransomware attack that crippled Transport for London. The attack disrupted the city's public transport network for weeks.

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The quick guilty plea suggests the prosecution had strong evidence, but the full extent of Scattered Spider's operations and their ties to other cybercriminal groups remain unclear.
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