Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground

Two high-profile criminal gangs, Scattered Spider and BlackCat/ALPHV, seemed to disappear into the darkness like their namesakes following a series of splashy digital heists last year, after which there were arrests and website seizures. Over the last couple months, however, both have reemerged – with new reported intrusions …

[Anonymous Coward]

Need better pest control

Just a few months after being seriously swatted down, the cockroaches are back from their scattered exit scam ... sounds like we're gonna need some even more serious exterminator to get that infestation back under control this time ... maybe feeding them toxins they'd take back to their nests and share with the colony ("larger cyber criminal community", "The Com")! That clearly calls for clamping down hard on cryptocurrencies and better regulating AI, that both facilitate cyberextortion ...

Luckily for all concerned, the incoming Trump administration has a plan to do just that ... Oh wait (oops!)! (or: Oh wait, again!)