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Scattered Spider

Aliases: Roasted 0ktapus, Octo Tempest, Storm-0875 • Scattered Spider is an English-speaking cybercriminal group known for targeting various industries with social engineering and ransomware attacks. They have been active since at least 2022.
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Malicious
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Threat Actor Group
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Unknown
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Description

Scattered Spider is a native English-speaking cybercriminal group that has been active since at least 2022. Initially targeting customer relationship management (CRM) and business-process outsourcing (BPO) firms, as well as telecommunications and technology companies, they expanded their operations in 2023 to compromise victims in the gaming, hospitality, retail, MSP, manufacturing, and financial sectors. Their tactics include targeted social engineering, bypassing endpoint security tools, and deploying ransomware.

Aliases (3)
Roasted 0ktapus
Alias
Octo Tempest
Alias
Storm-0875
Alias
Targets (10)
CRM
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BPO
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Telecommunications
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Technology
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Gaming
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Hospitality
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Retail
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MSP
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Manufacturing
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Financial
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