{
  "id": 3956164,
  "title": "Authorities arrest 2 alleged members of prolific hacking group TeamPCP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/authorities-arrest-2-alleged-members-of-prolific-hacking-group-teampcp",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T11:15:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/authorities-arrest-2-alleged-members-of-prolific-hacking-group-teampcp/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Australian authorities arrested two men accused of involvement with the hacking group TeamPCP, a cybercriminal organization that has allegedly carried out a large number of attacks on organizations worldwide, according to the Australian Federal Police. The two men were charged with 14 offenses, but their identities were not disclosed by authorities, except for being residents of Cottesloe and Mandurah in Western Australia. The arrests came after an extensive investigation by KrebsOnSecurity, which reportedly provided the names of the defendants and detailed information about their lives and actions leading to their arrest. TeamPCP has been notorious for its series of supply chain attacks that targeted organizations' CI/CD pipelines to distribute malware. The hacking group was first reported in December and has been a persistent threat to global cybersecurity since then.",
  "summary": "The group infected more than 1,000 organizations in a relentless supply-chain attack campaign.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Australian Federal Police arrest two Western Australia men, aged 21 and 23, believed to be members of TeamPCP, a prolific cybercrime and data extortion group (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/australian-federal-police-arrest-two-western-australia-men-aged-21",
        "published": "2026-08-27T11:40:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "Australia charges two men for TeamPCP supply-chain hacking spree",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/australia-charges-two-men-for-teampcp-supply-chain-hacking-spree",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}