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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The people arrested as part of the Co-op and M&S hack investigation have been released on bail.
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.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630565/MS-parts-ways-with-CTO-after-cyber-attack
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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.
"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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