New, by me:
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New, by me:
'A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology companies and steal tens of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from investors.
Buchanan’s hacker handle “Tylerb” once graced a leaderboard in the English-language criminal hacking scene that tracked the most accomplished cyber thieves. Now in U.S. custody and awaiting sentencing, the Dundee, Scotland native is facing the possibility of more than 20 years in prison."
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New, by me:
'A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology companies and steal tens of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from investors.
Buchanan’s hacker handle “Tylerb” once graced a leaderboard in the English-language criminal hacking scene that tracked the most accomplished cyber thieves. Now in U.S. custody and awaiting sentencing, the Dundee, Scotland native is facing the possibility of more than 20 years in prison."
@briankrebs who's the kid?
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@briankrebs who's the kid?
@jupiter the kid is for scale
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@briankrebs who's the kid?
@jupiter it's Tylerb as a grade schooler. It's not a stretch to say that Tylerb and other defendants have been involved in this scene since they were young teens, some even earlier.
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@jupiter it's Tylerb as a grade schooler. It's not a stretch to say that Tylerb and other defendants have been involved in this scene since they were young teens, some even earlier.
@briankrebs was Tyler at that age old enough to be prosecuted? I wonder why the heck they would put someone's elementary school picture on an article like that.
Well. At least it generates a little bit of pity. Poor kid. Clearly didn't know what its future self might get itself into.
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@taoish yep.
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