Noah Urban, 20, named in charges.
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking.
Noah Urban was believed to be a part of the Scattered Spider gang, and was arrested in January 2024. Charges against him were unsealed by US authorities in November 2024, when four others believed to be members of Scattered Spider were named.
Scattered Spider, aka Starfraud, UNC3944, Scatter Swine, and Muddled Libra, made headlines due to ransomware attacks aimed at high-profile companies, including hospitality and entertainment giant MGM Resorts, reports SecurityWeek.
The group is also believed to be behind the 0ktapus campaign, which targeted many organizations as part of an SMS-based phishing campaign.
Urban is also believed to be behind the online moniker ‘King Bob’, known for leaking unreleased music.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
