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# Walsall teenager arrested in joint West Midlands Police and FBI operation
- URL: https://darkwebinformer.com/walsall-teenager-arrested-in-joint-west-midlands-police-and-fbi-operation/
- Published: 2024-07-19T21:08:06.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-04T22:28:30.000Z
- Author: Dark Web Informer
- Tags: News

Possible Scattered Spider threat actor arrested. Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall, a small town in England, in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to computer networks.

MGM Resorts provided a statement, which makes this look like a Scattered Spider member was arrested, as they had involvement in the MGM Resorts cyber incident.

> “We’re proud to have assisted law enforcement in locating and arresting one of the alleged criminals responsible for the cyber attack against MGM Resorts and many others."

Link: <https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2024/july/walsall-teenager-arrested-in-joint-west-midlands-police-and-fbi-operation/>