"Days prior to the interview, the UK's National Crime Agency announced that it had cuffed four suspects over the Marks & Spencer breach: three Brits and a Latvian. Investigators allege the quartet belong to Scattered Spider, an English-speaking social engineering crew that has plagued companies on both sides of the Atlantic. The NCA claimed it had also linked the four suspects to the recent attacks on Co-op and Harrods."
"Meanwhile, researchers believe that the group, rather than being run by Kremlin-sponsored operators, consists mainly of young miscreants from the UK and US, adept at SIM-swapping, phishing, and sweet-talking call center staff. The same group has also been linked to the recent Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack that shuttered factories across the UK and overseas for weeks, costing millions in lost production."
UK officials attributed recent cyber incidents affecting major British firms to Moscow and claimed some attacks originate in Russia without offering evidence. The National Crime Agency arrested four suspects in the Marks & Spencer breach—three British nationals and a Latvian—and linked them to attacks on Co-op and Harrods. Investigators say the suspects belong to Scattered Spider, described by researchers as a social engineering crew of mainly young UK and US miscreants skilled in SIM-swapping, phishing and manipulating staff. The group has been tied to the Jaguar Land Rover attack that shuttered factories and cost millions. Authorities characterize Scattered Spider as a criminal gang, not a state-sponsored unit.
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