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Scattered Spider
Scattered Spider, also referred to as UNC3944, is a hacking group mostly made up of teens and young adults believed to live in the United States and the United Kingdom. The group gained notoriety for their involvement in the hacking and extortion of Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, two of the largest casino and gambling companies in the United States. Scattered Spider has also targeted Visa, Marks & Spencer, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Transamerica, New York Life Insurance Co., Synchrony Financial, Truist Bank, and Twilio. More recently, members of Scattered Spider have been connected with the hacks against Snowflake cloud storage customers in the US. Names The group's most common name as used in press releases and by journalists is Scattered Spider, though many other names have been attributed to the group. Star Fraud, Octo Tempest, Scatter Swine, and Muddled Libra have all been names used to refer to the group previously. Scattered Spider is a comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacker Group
Hacker groups are informal communities that began to flourish in the early 1980s, with the advent of the home computer. Overview Prior to that time, the term ''hacker'' was simply a referral to any Hacker (hobbyist), computer hobbyist. The hacker groups were out to make names for themselves, and were often spurred on by their own press. This was a heyday of hacking, at a time before there was much law against computer crime. Hacker groups provided access to information and resources, and a place to learn from other members. Hackers could also gain credibility by being affiliated with an elite group. The names of hacker groups often parody large corporations, governments, police and criminals; and often used specialized orthography. See also *List of hacker groups References {{Reflist Underground computer groups Hacker groups, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |