Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands

September 29, 2026 Emma Roth

Photograph of a hand wearing red nail varnish holding a mouse with a projection overlay of stylized eyes

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.

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 …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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