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Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency

  • Sinisa Markovic--Help Net Security
  • published date: 2026-04-21 13:16:47 UTC

A British national tied to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleaded guilty to hacking multiple companies via SMS phishing and stealing over $8 million in virtual currency from US victims. Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, pleaded guilty to …

A British national tied to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleaded guilty to hacking multiple companies via SMS phishing and stealing over $8 million in virtual currency from US victims. Tyler… [+2943 chars]