Nonetheless, there are members of the Scattered Spider group nonetheless energetic: final yr it branched out and attacked quite a lot of different companies, together with Marks and Spencer, Co-op and Harrods – though there have been different arrests following these assaults.
The group works by sending SMS phishing assaults to the cell phones of workers of its targets. The messages purport to come back from suppliers to these corporations however comprise hyperlinks to web sites arrange by group members, permitting them to steal info from the staff.
Nonetheless, final yr the cyber criminals revealed a brand new line of assault — pretending to be fellow workers of the victims, tricking assist desks to disclose extra private info.
