- A member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group received a 10-year U.S. prison sentence for involvement in cryptocurrency theft and Hacking.
- Noah Michael Urban, age 20, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
- Urban was ordered to pay $13 million in restitution and will serve three years of supervised release after prison.
- The group used SIM swapping and social engineering tactics to steal data and digital assets from victims and companies.
- Law enforcement continues to target members of organized hacking alliances tied to large financial crimes.
Noah Michael Urban, a 20-year-old from Florida and member of the hacking group Scattered Spider, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a series of high-profile cybercrimes. U.S. authorities charged Urban with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for attacks carried out between August 2022 and March 2023.
The sentencing, reported on August 21, 2025, follows Urban’s guilty plea earlier this year. In addition to prison time, he must serve three years of supervised release and pay $13 million in restitution to victims. Prosecutors said Urban and his group used SIM swapping, a method that transfers phone numbers to different devices, to gain access to victims’ cryptocurrency accounts and steal funds.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Urban’s actions led to the theft of at least $800,000 from five victims during an eight-month period. After his arrest in January 2024, more charges were made public against Urban and four others, alleging the use of social engineering tricks—such as pretending to be company employees—to access corporate networks, steal proprietary data, and seize cryptocurrency accounts.
One co-conspirator, Tyler Robert Buchanan, was extradited from Spain to the U.S. in April 2025. The authorities noted that Scattered Spider has recently teamed up with threat groups like ShinyHunters and LAPSUS$, forming alliances within a larger cybercriminal network known as The Com.
Experts say such groups often rely on urgent and deceptive tactics. “Scattered Spider has historically leaned on tactics that generate urgency, drive media and industry attention, create fear of exposure, and help force victims to payout quicker,” said Adam Darrah of ZeroFox. Flashpoint, a Cybersecurity firm, explained that Scattered Spider targets weaknesses among people within organizations using methods like vishing (voice phishing), smishing (SMS phishing), and multi-factor authentication fatigue attacks, showing that even strong technical security can be defeated by tricking users.
The case highlights ongoing law enforcement efforts to disrupt cybercriminal groups that use advanced social engineering and technical attacks to steal millions of dollars and sensitive information from organizations and individuals.
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