{"id":7877,"date":"2026-09-30T01:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7877"},"modified":"2026-09-30T01:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:49:04","slug":"shinyhunters-hacking-suspect-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7877","title":{"rendered":"Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Neither Dutch authorities nor the FBI name the suspect, <a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/09\/dutch-police-arrest-reformed-hacker-in-shiny-hunters-investigation\/\">but <em>Krebs on Security<\/em><\/a> and <em>Reuters<\/em> report that police arrested Pepijn van der Stap, a Dutch man convicted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techzine.eu\/news\/security\/112907\/dutch-hacker-gets-four-year-prison-term-for-extorting-companies-money-laundering\/\">for data theft and extortion<\/a> in 2023. Van der Stap joined the Dutch cybersecurity company Neo Security when he was released from prison last year, according to <em>Krebs on Security<\/em>. ShinyHunters tells <em>Reuters<\/em> that van der Stap has \u201cno association\u201d with the group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI\u2019s Cyber Division, calls the suspect one of the group\u2019s alleged leaders, while issuing a warning to remaining members. \u201cThe longer you stay in this, the more we learn about you. You know how to find us, and we know how to find you,\u201d Leatherman says in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/video-repository\/shinyhunters-arrested-092926.mp4\/view\">video published on Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cI suggest you reach out first while the choice is still yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The 24-year-old is also suspected of \u201cattempted incitement to commit two murders,\u201d according to Dutch police. \u201cAs we speak FBI teams are actively working with partners to obtain and execute more leads in the ongoing investigation based on this arrest,\u201d FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/2104914953761079807?s=20\">Kash Patel writes in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1002410\/shinyhunters-hacking-suspect-arrested\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[46,74,249,34],"class_list":["post-7877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-news","tag-policy","tag-security","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dutch police say they arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the ShinyHunters hacking group.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7877\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands - 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