Alleged Scattered Spider hacker arrested in Finland

A teenager has been arrested for alleged involvement with the Scattered Spider hacking group, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said.Peter Stokes, 19, was arrested in Finland in April and extradited to the US following an Interpol Red Notice.He has been charged with computer intrusion, conspiracy and fraud, which the DoJ said came after "years of work".Scattered Spider has been involved in hacks resulting in more than $100m (£75m) in ransom payments, according to the DoJ. The charges come after two young men pleaded guilty to offences connected to the £39m 2024 Transport for London cyber-attack, which the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) believed was conducted by the group.Stokes, a dual US-Estonian national, appeared in federal court in Chicago on Tuesday and was ordered to remain in custody.The complaint alleges that, among other offences, he and other co-conspirators made a ransom demand of around $8m in cryptocurrency to a luxury jewellery retailer after stealing its data last year.No ransom was paid after the unnamed company "evicted" the hackers, the DoJ said.