New Court Files Reveal How Microsoft Helped the FBI Identify Peter Stokes "Bouquet" (Scattered Spider Member)

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), Jul 6, 2026, 07:36 UTC

New Court Files Reveal How Microsoft Helped the FBI Identify Peter Stokes "Bouquet" (Scattered Spider Member) The court files reveal that Microsoft helped the FBI track Peter Stokes down using GDID — a Global Device Identifier, which is assigned to every Windows installation and cannot be changed unless the OS is wiped. The GDID helped them track: • IP history • Full web activity • Video game activity and games played • Logged-in social accounts, including Snapchat, Facebook, and Apple According to the court documents, the critical mistake was using a VPN to create the ngrok account used in…

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