{"id":14428,"date":"2024-06-17T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/spanish-authorities-arrest-hacker-with-27-million-in-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T17:02:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:02:43","slug":"spanish-authorities-arrest-hacker-with-27-million-in-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/spanish-authorities-arrest-hacker-with-27-million-in-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Authorities Arrest Hacker with $27 Million in Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish police have apprehended a 22-year-old Briton suspected of hacking two major casino networks in the autumn of 2023, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/murciatoday.com\/video-fbi-take-down-uk-hacker-in-spain-for-stealing-27m-usd-of-bitcoins_1000077536-a.html\">local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators allege that the hacker, known by the pseudonym tylerb, is a key member of the Scattered Spider group and was behind the breach of corporate accounts, gaining illegal access to millions of dollars. Spanish police stated that at one point, the suspect controlled bitcoins worth $27 million. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">?Detenido en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PalmadeMallorca?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PalmadeMallorca<\/a> un joven <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ciberestafador?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ciberestafador<\/a> responsable del ataque inform\u00e1tico a 45 empresas de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EEUU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EEUU<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0fEra el l\u00edder de un grupo organizado dedicado al robo de informaci\u00f3n de empresas y de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/criptomonedas?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#criptomonedas<\/a> y lleg\u00f3 a hacerse con el control de 391 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoins?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoins<\/a> por valor de\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cHzlsC2JZ4\">pic.twitter.com\/cHzlsC2JZ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polic\u00eda Nacional (@policia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/policia\/status\/1801543223208268160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, citing sources close to the investigation, <a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2024\/06\/alleged-boss-of-scattered-spider-hacking-group-arrested\/\">reports<\/a> that the detained individual&#8217;s real name is Tyler Buchanan.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vxunderground\/status\/1801962119316853148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Vx-underground<\/a>, the cybercriminal specialized in SIM card swapping.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the casino networks MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment, Scattered Spider is also linked to attacks on LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and about 130 other well-known organizations over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was made based on an FBI warrant as tylerb was boarding a flight from Palma de Mallorca to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>During the arrest, police seized a laptop and a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ForkLog reported that U.S. authorities had charged the alleged operators of the darknet marketplace Empire Market, which had a turnover of $430 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish police have apprehended a 22-year-old Briton suspected of hacking two major casino networks in the autumn of 2023, according to local media. Investigators allege that the hacker, known by the pseudonym tylerb, is a key member of the Scattered Spider group and was behind the breach of corporate accounts, gaining illegal access to millions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,741],"class_list":["post-14428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cybercrime","tag-spain"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}