Windows is watching: Anti-piracy tool fingers Scattered Spider suspect ^18.4%

The Register - By Thomas Claburn - 7/7/2026, 8:47 PM

Appeal to Authority 24.3% - Hasty Generalization 14% - Confirmation Bias 13.6%

Your Windows is watching you. The US Justice Department's complaint against Peter Stokes for alleged involvement in the Scattered Spider hacking group offers a reminder that it's difficult to hide online activity from Microsoft's operating system (or any other). Scattered Spider, according to US authorities, targeted numerous companies... more