“There is a clear pattern that some of the most depraved threat actors first joined cybercrime gangs at an exceptionally young age.”
Four teenagers and young adults arrested for the Scattered Spider attacks on Marks & Spencer, Harrods, and Co-op Group. One suspect was a core LAPSUS$ member who breached Microsoft, Nvidia, and Okta at age 16. Another staged a fake kidnapping to dodge law enforcement. These kids got recruited through Roblox and Minecraft. The pipeline from gaming chat to ransomware gang is real and it’s producing some of the most effective cybercriminals on the planet. They’re teenagers with no fear of consequences.