Scattered Spider 2022 SMS phishing campaign targeting technology companies
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Tyler Robert Buchanan’s guilty plea newly confirms Scattered Spider’s 2022 SMS phishing campaign, showing it reached at least a dozen major technology companies and enabled downstream cryptocurrency theft. The operation matters because it paired text-message social engineering with credential theft and later SIM-swapping abuse.
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21.04.2026 17:53 1 articles · 1mo ago
Tyler Robert Buchanan guilty plea reveals Scattered Spider SMS phishing campaign
Initial DisclosureTyler Robert Buchanan, a 24-year-old British national and senior Scattered Spider member known as Tylerb, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, while admitting a summer 2022 SMS-phishing campaign that used tens of thousands of text-message lures to compromise at least a dozen major technology companies including Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, and Mailchimp and to enable SIM-swapping and cryptocurrency theft from investors.
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- ‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty — krebsonsecurity.com — 21.04.2026 17:53
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- ‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty — krebsonsecurity.com — 21.04.2026 17:53