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#3 Krebs on Security threat-intel April 21, 2026 at 14:53 UTC

‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty

By BrianKrebs

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Tyler Robert Buchanan, a 24-year-old British national and senior Scattered Spider member nicknamed "Tylerb," pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for summer 2022 SMS phishing attacks that compromised at least a dozen major tech companies and stole tens of millions in cryptocurrency. He faces up to 22 years in federal prison for his role as what researchers called "the glue that held this gang together."

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