A 20-year-old man believed to be a member of the cybercrime ring known as Scattered Spider has pleaded guilty to charges brought against him in Florida and California.
Noah Urban of Palm Coast, Florida, was arrested in January 2024 and charges against him were unsealed by US authorities in November 2024, when four others believed to be members of Scattered Spider were named.
Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today to participating in the LockBit ransomware group—at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world—and to deploying LockBit attacks against victims in the United States and worldwide.