DragonForce Ransomware Cartel are claiming credit for attacks on Marks and Spencer, Co-op and Harrods and say more victim orgs are coming https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/-dragonforce-hacking-gang-takes-credit-for-uk-retail-attacks
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Co-op finally admitted the entire membership database was stolen
I had this in the thread months ago, they originally tried to deny it entirely then tried to say ‘some’ data was accessed when they knew it was the whole thing.
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Personally I think Co-op did a really good job getting out of that situation and minimising impact.
I definitely think if you have a LAPSUS$ style advanced persistent teenagers situation, tilt towards open and honest comms as those kids will use secrecy against ya. It’s 2025, it’s okay to say you got hacked, people largely understand. Also, in IR, lawyers are usually stuck in 1980 advice - it’s just advice, they ain’t yo boss.
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The people arrested as part of the Co-op and M&S hack investigation have been released on bail.
Four people bailed after arrests over cyber attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
Four young people who were arrested for their suspected involvement in the damaging cyber attacks against Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, have been bailed. The arrests on July 10 included a 17-year-old British man from the West Midlands, a 19-year-old Latvian man from the West Midlands, a 19-year-old British man from London, and […]
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Previously when this happened with LAPSUS$, they just continued hacking stuff.
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I understand the people released have not been charged.
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M&S still working on system recovery. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewyyjdzql4o
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Marks and Spencer CTO leaves, CISO still in role.
It’s difficult to see what happened as her fault - eg the decision to outsource the frontline IT helpdesk that did the password resets dates 5 years before she joined.
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Suspect arrested for M&S hack have been rearrested (again), this time for Transport for London hack last year. Also charged for it: https://therecord.media/scattered-spider-teenage-suspects-arrested-britain-nca
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I believe this is the fourth time Thalha Jubair has been arrested btw.
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Justice.gov are pissed at Thalha Jubair and have also charged him, he faces 95 years of jail in the US.
United Kingdom National Charged in Connection with Multiple Cyber Attacks, Including on Critical Infrastructure
A complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging Thalha Jubair, a United Kingdom national, with conspiracies to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, in relation to at least 120 computer network intrusions and extortion involving 47 U.S. entities.
(www.justice.gov)
"From as early as May 2022 to as recently as September 2025, Jubair and his associates were involved in approximately 120 network intrusions, including accessing the computer networks of at least 47 U.S.-based victims. Collectively, victims paid more than $115 million to Jubair and his associates in efforts to recover their data and prevent its disclosure. "
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For the record, since I think it's now safe to say - Thalha Jubair (a teen) is the key guy behind LAPSUS$/Scattered Spider/ShinyHunters and allegedly most of the big cyber incidents of the past 5 years.
He's been running rings around everybody since he was 14.
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"In October 2024 and January 2025, Jubair participated in a scheme to gain unauthorized access to the networks of a U.S.-based critical infrastructure company and the U.S. Courts."
Related: not very stealthy, they posted screenshots of their access this week.
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Achievement unlocked for LAPSUS$, got a court drawing
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What's also shocking from their arrest and appearance in court today and the US charges is the allegation businesses paid them 9 figures (!) in ransoms to avoid disclosure - the court was told today Thalha allegedly has $200m in cryptocurrency and Owen has $8m.
How is it normal businesses are funding that?
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