SCATTERED SPIDER is a financially motivated cybercriminal group active since at least May 2022. Composed primarily of young, native English-speaking individuals operating largely from the United States and the United Kingdom, this group is distinguished by its exceptional social engineering capabilities. They exhibit a unique ability to adapt rapidly to defensive measures and leverage their fluency in Western corporate culture to manipulate targets. Originally focused on credential theft and SIM swapping, SCATTERED SPIDER has evolved to incorporate high-impact data extortion and ransomware deployment, often operating as an affiliate for established Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operations. The group operates as a loosely affiliated network rather than a strict hierarchy and is also known by numerous aliases including 0ktapus, Octo Tempest, Muddled Libra, and UNC3944, sometimes leading to confusion with unrelated threat actors.

Aliases del actor

0ktapusDEV-0971Muddled LibraOcto TempestOktapusScatter SwineScattered SwineStarfraudStorm-0971UNC3944

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