Two alleged TeamPCP members arrested and charged after months of software supply-chain chaos
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Two men from Western Australia were arrested and charged Wednesday for their alleged roles in TeamPCP, a notorious cybercrime group responsible for inserting malicious code into widely used open-source software in a campaign that compromised more than 1,000 organizations worldwide.
Australian authorities did not formally name the men, but Australian media identified them as Ruben Ian Thomson, 21, and Louis Michael Gaebler, 23. Police arrested both after searching properties, seizing electronic devices for forensic testing in the process.
Thomson faces eight charges, including four counts of unauthorized data modification, dealing in criminal proceeds worth $100,000 or more, and refusal to comply with an order to hand over device passwords. Gaebler faces six related counts.