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PrivacyDigest

#UK Charges Four in ‘Scattered Spider’ #Ransom Group

Authorities in the #UnitedKingdom this week arrested four alleged members of “Scattered Spider,” a prolific data theft and #extortion group whose recent victims include multiple airlines and the U.K. retail chain Marks & Spencer.
#privacy #scatteredspider

krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/uk

krebsonsecurity.comUK Arrests Four in ‘Scattered Spider’ Ransom Group – Krebs on Security
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Nonilex

…"We thought they had enough sway to talk to the right people. Obviously, that proved incorrect," Dustin Stewart, #Trump's deputy special envoy for hostage affairs, who was involved in the initiative, told Reuters.

#Congo has become a focus of #US diplomatic efforts to end the decades-long conflict in the east & help American companies access critical #minerals, making the country ripe territory for endeavours [pillaging] such as this mission.

#geopolitics#USpol#MafiaState
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Nonilex

Reuters pieced together the course of events by speaking to the 3 Americans on the trip, a #State Dept ofcl involved in the initiative, & 2 people the trio met during their brief stay in #Congo's capital Kinshasa.

The story of the ill-fated venture, which has not previously been reported, provides a glimpse of how the #Trump admin…works through *unconventional* channels in pursuit of *deals* to bring Americans home….

#geopolitics#USpol#MafiaState
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Nonilex

An Israeli-American businessman, a former State Department official & a decorated Green Beret [walked into a bar…wait, wrong lede] pitched up in the Democratic Republic of #Congo in March with a message for President Felix #Tshisekedi from the #Trump admin.

Two days later, they fled the country in fear of arrest.

#geopolitics#USpol#MafiaState
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:

Even more arrests! Reuters reports:

Four people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted the operations of retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, Britain's National Crime Agency said.

The cyberattack on M&S was the most serious, costing it about 300 million pounds ($409 million) in lost operating profit.

The NCA said two males aged 19, another aged 17, and a 20-year-old female were apprehended in the West Midlands, central England, and London on Thursday on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences, blackmail, money laundering and participating in the activities of an organised crime group.

More at reuters.com/business/retail-co

#ScatteredSpider#hack#extortion
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:

At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy:

meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/10/a

France and the U.S. appear to be collaborating quite a bit. The U.S. will be seeking his extradition.

The report doesn't mention what #ransomware group Kasatkin was allegedly involved with, and I don't see any case docketed against Kasatkin on PACER.

Meduza · At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracyBy Meduza
#databreach#extortion
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:

Kentfield Hospital is a critical care hospital in California. They appear to have been the victim of a cyberattack by World Leaks, who claim to use an exfiltration-extortion model.

The hospital has not responded to an inquiry sent to it over the weekend, so they have neither confirmed nor denied any attack at this point, but I was able to preview the data tranche and reported on it all here:

databreaches.net/2025/07/05/ke

#HIPAA#healthsec#PHI
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Kim Perales

"Iran-linked hackers threatened to disclose more emails stolen from President Donald Trump's circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 US election.

Group leaked documents from Republican president's campaign last year. US has said group known as Robert works for Iran's Revolutionary Guards."

Karma!
#Iran #Hackers #Extortion #Trump #TrumpRegime #USPol
reuters.com/legal/government/i

CBC British Columbia

Surrey man calls for urgent action on extortion threats after businesses shot at 3 times
A Surrey, B.C., business owner who says his properties have been the target of three extortion-related shootings hosted a public safety forum on Sunday, calling for greater government action on rising extortion threats and violence ...
#crime #business #extortion #community #Surrey #BC
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

CBC Canada

Surrey, B.C., man calls for urgent action on extortion threats after businesses shot at 3 times
A Surrey, B.C., business owner who says his properties have been the target of three extortion-related shootings hosted a public safety forum on Sunday, calling for greater government action on rising extortion threats and vi...
#crime #business #extortion #community #Surrey #BC
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

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