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Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech giants in recent months. The two have been charged with more than a dozen hacking, money laundering, and other cybercrime offenses and are expected in court later on Thursday.

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Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others

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Fact 1: Image Credits:Australian Federal Police The Australian officials said their investigations began in April 2026 after receiving information from multiple cybersecurity companies.
Fact 2: Krebs reported Thursday that he was in contact with Ellis over the past several months, and the hacker told Krebs that he was the leader of TeamPCP until March 2026.
Fact 3: He can be reached via encrypted message at zackwhittaker.1337 on Signal.

According to a statement by the Australian Federal Police, the two men are accused of widespread breaches involving the compromise and tampering of popular open source projects. The hackers aimed to infect a large number of computers to steal credentials and data, then extort victims into paying a ransom. The FBI’s cyber division chief Brett Leatherman was quoted as saying that the two alleged members of TeamPCP are accused of hacking into more than a thousand organizations as part of their attacks.

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