Comment on Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial by Backlot Blues

Hello, Brian:

If I recall, you said that Scattered Spider has a robust, large recruiting base. From what I remember, less than a dozen of them have been apprehended, and most of them were not high-level members, although from what I can garner from your site and a few others, the Vegas ransomings were particularly treacherous.

Do you have any idea what the current rough count is of active members, according to the threat researchers? I am guessing most of its ersatz members don't know much about any of the others so I doubt previous models to round em all up would work.

The catch all name seems kind of deceptive, especially to C-level types who don't even get they can be ransomed months later by other people that most reporters and companies might call the same group. Are they really?

Thanks.