‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
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A senior member of the cybercrime group Scattered Spider, Tyler Robert Buchanan, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for his role in large-scale SMS phishing and SIM-swapping attacks in 2022 that compromised at least a dozen major tech companies (including Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, and Mailchimp) and enabled theft of millions in cryptocurrency from individual investors; the report details arrests, extradition, criminal proceedings, and the group’s social-engineering tradecraft.
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