Breach Roundup: Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years

Also: New 'Quishing' Tactics, Pro-Houthi Hacker Sentenced to 20 Months Anviksha More (AnvikshaMore) • August 21, 2025

Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, Scattered Spider hacker Noah Michael Urban gets a decade-long prison sentence, new squishing tricks, a pro-Houthi hacker gets 20 months in the United Kingdom, a Taiwanese web hosting provider hacked, Business Council of New York and Ohio Medical Cannabis Center breached, North Korean hackers target Seoul and an Apple Patch.

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An adolescent hacker who was a key member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective received Wednesday a 10 year prison sentence from a Jacksonville, Florida federal judge after pleading guilty earlier this year.

Noah Michael Urban, 20, must also pay $13 million in restitution. In a jailhouse interview conducted over the X social media network ...