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Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters

ID: 16e23f9c-f479-59f0-960a-647bcd2ce30d

STIX ID: report--16e23f9c-f479-59f0-960a-647bcd2ce30d

Feed Name: Krebs on Security

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-02-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: BrianKrebs

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The report profiles SLSH (Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters), a loosely organized English-language data extortion gang that uses phone-based social engineering, credential-harvesting sites and MFA registration abuse to steal data, then escalates pressure through public harassment, swatting, DDoS and media manipulation to coerce payments; Unit 221B and Mandiant document recent incidents and recommend victims refuse to negotiate.

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