Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands

疑似 ShinyHunters 黑客组织头目在荷兰被捕

Dutch police say they arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man in connection with ShinyHunters, the hacking group that claimed responsibility for high-profile attacks on Ticketmaster, Rockstar Games, and more recently, the FBI. In a press release, Dutch authorities state that they arrested the suspect on September 15th — just days before the hacking group claimed to have breached the FBI’s website and stolen employee data, as reported earlier by Reuters.

荷兰警方表示，他们逮捕了一名 24 岁的阿姆斯特丹男子，该男子与 ShinyHunters 黑客组织有关。该组织曾声称对 Ticketmaster、Rockstar Games 以及最近的美国联邦调查局（FBI）等高调攻击事件负责。据路透社此前报道，荷兰当局在一份新闻稿中指出，他们于 9 月 15 日逮捕了该嫌疑人，而就在几天后，该黑客组织声称入侵了 FBI 网站并窃取了员工数据。

Neither Dutch authorities nor the FBI name the suspect, but Krebs on Security and Reuters report that police arrested Pepijn van der Stap, a Dutch man convicted for data theft and extortion in 2023. Van der Stap joined the Dutch cybersecurity company Neo Security when he was released from prison last year, according to Krebs on Security. ShinyHunters tells Reuters that van der Stap has “no association” with the group.

荷兰当局和 FBI 均未公布该嫌疑人的姓名，但据 Krebs on Security 和路透社报道，警方逮捕的是 Pepijn van der Stap，一名曾在 2023 年因数据盗窃和勒索罪被定罪的荷兰男子。据 Krebs on Security 称，Van der Stap 在去年出狱后加入了荷兰网络安全公司 Neo Security。ShinyHunters 向路透社表示，Van der Stap 与该组织“没有任何关联”。

Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, calls the suspect one of the group’s alleged leaders, while issuing a warning to remaining members. “The longer you stay in this, the more we learn about you. You know how to find us, and we know how to find you,” Leatherman says in a video published on Tuesday. “I suggest you reach out first while the choice is still yours.”

FBI 网络部门助理局长 Brett Leatherman 称该嫌疑人为该组织的所谓头目之一，并向其余成员发出警告。“你们在这个行当里待得越久，我们对你们的了解就越多。你们知道如何找到我们，我们也知道如何找到你们，”Leatherman 在周二发布的一段视频中说道。“我建议你们趁现在还有选择权，主动联系我们。”

The 24-year-old is also suspected of “attempted incitement to commit two murders,” according to Dutch police. “As we speak FBI teams are actively working with partners to obtain and execute more leads in the ongoing investigation based on this arrest,” FBI Director Kash Patel writes in a post on X.

据荷兰警方称，这名 24 岁的男子还涉嫌“企图煽动两起谋杀案”。FBI 局长 Kash Patel 在 X 上发文称：“目前，FBI 团队正积极与合作伙伴协作，基于此次逮捕行动获取并执行更多线索，以推进调查。”