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, and USA TODAY (09/13, Santucci, Ortiz, Cann). Judge Appears to Reject Trump Bid to Talk Classified Info at Mar-A-Lago The Washington Post (09/13, Barrett) reported that former President Donald Trump, charged with mishandling national security papers, requested permission to discuss classified evidence

Back to Top CYBER DIVISION MGM Resorts Breached by 'Scattered Spider' Hackers Reuters (09/13, Siddiqui, Bing) reported that a hacking group named Scattered Spider brought down the systems of the $14 billion gaming giant MGM Resorts International this week, as U.S. law enforcement officials started a probe int

4 (07/07, Staff Writer), Hindustan Times (07/07, Sen), HuffPost (07/07, Moye), NPR (07/07, Lucas), Newsweek (07/07, Royston), New York Times (07/07, Barrett, Goldstein), Palm Beach Post (07/07, Baltz), People (07/07, Henni), Scripps News (07/07, Landers), Telegraph (07/07, Kelly), The Guardian (07/07, He

ors about cyber attacks from the Scattered Spider criminal ring, which uses social engineering techniques to gain access. According to the article, Scattered Spider targets large corporations and third-party IT providers by impersonating employees or contractors and bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA). T

ABC-2) (07/01, Corser), KGW (NBC-8) (07/01, Jensen), NewsNation (07/01, Djordjevic), Newsweek (07/01, Silverman, Mordowanec), New York Times (07/01, Barrett), OregonLive (07/01, Bernstein), Reuters (07/01, Martinez), Security Boulevard (07/01, Burt), USNI News (07/01, Mongilio), and Washington Examiner (

sweek (07/01, Burman) reported that the FBI has issued a warning to the U.S. airline sector about the growing threat posed by the cybercriminal gang Scattered Spider. According to the article, Scattered Spider has been suspected of infiltrating at least two major U.S. airlines, exploiting remote access tools, and

rked in cybersecurity. Back to Top OTHER FBI NEWS Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans The New York Times (07/31, Barrett) reported that the U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog lost a crucial whistle-blower complaint for over two months, detailing wrongdoing by

ISACs), are warning their members to be vigilant as the cybercrime gang Scattered Spider continues to evolve its tactics. According to the articles, Scattered Spider has been using social- engineering attacks to trick IT help desks into handing over user credentials, and is expected to continue finding new ways t

his first court appearance and will be detained while awaiting trial. Additional reporting on the story was provided by the New York Times (11/20, Barrett), CBS News (11/20, Tabachnick), Fox News (11/20, Margolis, Spunt), BBC News (11/20, Matza), The Independent (11/20, Marcus), NBC News (11/20, Winter

g Operations Reuters (11/20, Stempel, Vicens) reported that U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Wednesday against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, a loose-knit community of hackers suspected of breaking into dozens of U.S. companies to steal confidential information and cryptocurrency. Martin