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Windows 11 Telemetry Led FBI to Scattered Spider Hacker

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from ProPakistani ·

A 19-year-old alleged member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group was extradited to the US after Finnish authorities used Windows 11 telemetry data to track him. The FBI leveraged Microsoft's user tracking features to identify and locate the suspect. This marks a rare public case where built-in OS surveillance aided a major cybercrime arrest.

Meridian48 take
While this highlights the investigative value of telemetry, it also underscores the privacy trade-offs inherent in modern operating systems.
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