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Assunto:  Cybercriminals hire women for more authentic scams
De:       Mike Powell
Data:     Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:43:01 -0500
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Cybercriminals are hiring women for more authentic social engineering scams -
and are promising up to $1,000 per call

By Efosa Udinmwen published 19 hours ago

Group aims to deceive IT staff into revealing corporate login credentials

    SLSH is recruiting women to increase effectiveness of social engineering on
IT helpdesks
    Applicants are paid between $500 and $1,000 per call depending on success
    Participants must pass screening questions and follow a scripted set of
instructions

The notorious hacker group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, also known as SLSH, is
reportedly recruiting women to improve the effectiveness of its social
engineering operations.  

Telegram posts dated February 22 and collected by Dataminr indicate the group
is offering payments between $500 and $1,000 per call, depending on "success
and hit rate."  Applicants are instructed to contact the group's
"Support" account, answer screening questions, and, if accepted, follow a
prepared script during calls.

Recruitment process and call structure

The objective appears to be to deceive IT help desk staff into providing login
credentials that can later be used to access corporate networks, which aligns
with the group's known methods of manipulating internal support teams into
resetting passwords or bypassing authentication procedures.

Experts who have monitored calls linked to affiliated actors describe the
techniques as structured and effective.

"This recruitment drive represents a calculated evolution in SLH's
tactics," said Jeanette Miller-Osborn, field cyber intelligence officer at
Dataminr.

"By specifically seeking female voices, the group likely aims to bypass the
`traditional' profiles of attackers that IT help desk staff may be trained
to identify, thereby increasing the effectiveness of their impersonation
efforts."

SLSH's recent campaign follows earlier public recruitment attempts conducted
through Telegram.

In October 2025, the group offered $10 in Bitcoin to anyone willing to
"endlessly harass" executives at organizations it was attempting to extort.
"You have permission to endlessly harass these executives till they comply
with us," the message stated, adding the activity would be "centralized and
well operated."

When questioned about participation levels, the group claimed it had
"practically paid out over $1,000 at this point," although that figure
could not be independently verified.

The shift toward paid voice impersonation suggests continued reliance on
outsourced participants rather than tightly controlled internal operations.

The recruitment activity comes amid sustained criminal pressure on major
brands.

ShinyHunters alleged it had obtained 1.7 million CarGurus records and
separately claimed Panera Bread as a victim of stolen credentials.

Ransomware attacks have continued to rise in 2025, with gangs reappearing under
new names despite prior disruption efforts.

Miller-Osborn recommends that organizations make their help desks aware of
these evolving tactics and ensure identities are verified through video calls
or secondary internal confirmation.

Strengthening internal firewall rules and enforcing identity theft protection
controls could help address this threat.  Also, implementing strict malware
removal procedures may reduce exposure if credentials are compromised.

Cyber scams continue to thrive despite global raids, and the commercialization
of social engineering, with auditions and performance-based pay, shows
criminals rely more on human manipulation than on technical intrusion.

Via The Register -  https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/26/scattered_lapsus_hun
ters_female_recruits/


https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cybercriminals-are-hiring-women-for-more
-authentic-social-engineering-scams-and-are-promising-up-to-usd1-000-per-call

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