Another ShinyHunters suspect arrested

Summary by Cyber Security News7 Oct 2026, 12:03 CEST

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The net is tightening around the Shiny Hunters cybercrime group following the reported arrest of a second member. On Saturday, Reuters said that 16 year-old Saif al-Din Khader had been arrested in Jordan and was in FBI custody. This follows the arrest earlier in September of another member in the Netherlands.

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