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Early Scattered Spider member pleads guilty to cybercrime spree

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STIX ID: report--ce32ab1c-9779-5bd1-a6a8-63a19cdb7f89

Feed Name: CyberScoop

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-09-18

Date Updated: 2026-09-19

Author: Matt Kapko

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Executive summary: A member of the Scattered Spider subset of The Com, Ahmed Hossam Eldin Elbadawy, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for participation in an extortion and credential-theft campaign from 2021–2023; prosecutors link the crew to at least 29 victims, multiple high-value virtual currency thefts (millions of dollars), and are seeking significant crypto and luxury-asset forfeiture.

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