Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

**Scattered Spider (aka 0ktapus)** — A 22-year-old alleged ringleader was arrested in Spain for leading a SIM‑swapping and SMS‑phishing campaign that compromised Twilio, LastPass, Mailchimp and roughly 130 other organizations, enabling account takeovers, theft of cryptocurrency (reported $27M in Bitcoin under control at one point), and exfiltration of customer data; the report details the group’s phishing techniques, use of fraudulent Okta pages and Telegram bots, prior breaches, and associated real‑world violence among SIM‑swapping gangs.