Alleged Scattered Spider sim-swapper arrested in Spain [Video]

A 22-year-old British national allegedly linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group and responsible for attacks on 45 U.S. companies has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

The suspect is suspected of being a leader of a cybercrime gang dedicated to stealing data and cryptocurrencies from organizations and then extorting them for not publishing sensitive data.

“The modus operandi consisted of obtaining access credentials from individuals through phishing techniques, which were then used to access companies and seize sensitive information or access the victims’ cryptocurrency wallets and take them over,” reads the police’s announcement.

“The agents arrested him at Palma airport when he was about to leave Spanish territory on a charter flight to Naples.”

According to the investigators, the particular threat group stole $27,000,000 worth of cryptocurrencies using the above scheme.

The arrest of the threat group leader resulted from an investigation that started following a tip from the FBI that the …