Alleged ‘Scattered Spider’ Member Extradited to U.S.

The article describes the extradition to the U.S. of Tyler Robert Buchanan, accused leader of the Scattered Spider criminal hacking group, who faces charges over 2022 SMS phishing and SIM‑swapping campaigns that allegedly targeted at least 45 companies (including major tech firms), resulted in approximately $26M moved through a linked bitcoin address, and involved domain registrations, IP linkage to Buchanan, seized devices with victim credentials, and chat evidence; several alleged co-conspirators have also been charged.