12 h. ago Inside Scattered Spider: The notorious teen hacking group causing chaos online

The group responsible for the M&S cyber attacks are now targeting airlines, reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But who are they and how are they getting away with it?

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3 d. ago UK man is charged in the US with leading a global hacking scheme which caused £18 million in damages

Kai West, arrested in France in February, faces up to 20 years in jail if found guilty

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2 w. ago ‘A giant parenting group’: how online comedians are making a living by laughing about the chaos of kids

Comedians like the UK’s George Lewis, Farideh Olsen from Canada and Sean Szeps in Australia have huge audiences because ‘if we can’t laugh we’re going to sob uncontrollably’Many Instagram-frequenting parents of small children will have seen George Lewis’s sketch about two toddlers discussing their feelings of abandonment and relief wrapped in a game of peekaboo.“It was a normal day, I was just playing with Dad. And then he put his hands in front of his face and he was just gone,” the British comedian and father says in the widely shared video. “He was behaving so erratically.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cannabis changed me, claims 'sword killer who hacked boy aged 14 to death after hallucinating that his cat was causing "Armageddon"', court hears

Marcus Monzo, 37, admitted that he had been using cannabis 'extensively' which had changed his personality and caused a mental health decline.

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2 w. ago DragonForce and Scattered Spider: Inside the hacker groups linked to M&S cyberattack

Marks & Spencer has continued its online orders six weeks after a cyberattack, believed to be caused by DragonForce and Scattered Spider

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2 w. ago M&S confirms when online shopping will resume after cyber attack caused retail chaos

It's the first major update following the retailer's decision to "halt" all online shopping systems last month.

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2 w. ago Mario Kart World review – a riotous road trip for every player

Nintendo Switch 2; NintendoThe Nintendo Switch 2’s flagship game is a winner, and often feels more like a journey with your friends than a straight competitionI realised that we might have a Mario Kart World problem in our house when my sons ran up to me after our first few hours with the game, proudly showing off circular indentations on their little thumbs from holding down the accelerator button so hard. Mildly alarmed, I examined my own thumb to find the same evidence of getting over-absorbed in the knockabout, chaotic fun of our tournaments. You can play Mario Kart online now – even with video chat, in World – but it’s just not the same as playing with people on the couch next to you. I imagine this game will revive living-room multiplayer for millions of families.God only knows how many hours I have spent racing Mario and his pals around their cartoon wonderland circuits since 1992 – this series has accompanied me through my entire life, the reliable mainstay that everyone wan...

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4 w. ago ‘Mischief before money’: inside the M&S hackers’ hunt for new targets

The English-speaking, trash-talking Scattered Spider gang is a leader in the growing criminal ransomware industry

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