--- title: Dutch police confirm arrest in ShinyHunters hacking... description: Dutch police confirmed a 24-year-old Amsterdam man was arrested this month as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. The suspect,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dutch-police-confirm-arrest-in-shinyhunters-hacking-investigation-j6hz0kvi7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dutch police confirm arrest in ShinyHunters hacking investigation | daily.dev og:description: Dutch police confirmed a 24-year-old Amsterdam man was arrested this month as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. The suspect,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dutch-police-confirm-arrest-in-shinyhunters-hacking-investigation-j6hz0kvi7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/j6hZ0KvI7.png og:image:alt: Dutch police confirm arrest in ShinyHunters hacking investigation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dutch police confirm arrest in ShinyHunters hacking investigation **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dutch police confirmed a 24-year-old Amsterdam man was arrested this month as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. The suspect, identified by KrebsOnSecurity and DataBreaches as Pepijn van der Stap (formerly known as "Umbreon"), was previously convicted in 2023 for hacking and extorting over a dozen companies and was still on probation. Investigators are examining whether his old "Umbreon" alias links him to ShinyHunters, though a ShinyHunters representative denied any connection, and sources note the Umbreon Pokémon imagery predates his account by a year. He is due in Rotterdam District Court on September 29. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Who was arrested in the Dutch investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group? A 24-year-old Amsterdam man, identified by outside reporting as Pepijn van der Stap, previously known online as "Umbreon," was arrested this month. He was previously arrested in January 2023 for hacking and blackmailing more than a dozen companies, pleaded guilty, and received a four-year sentence with one year suspended plus a three-year probation, during which he was arrested again on September 15. _Security teams tracking threat actor identities and arrests can follow ShinyHunters developments on daily.dev._ ### Has ShinyHunters confirmed any connection to the Dutch suspect arrested in the case? No, a ShinyHunters representative denied any association with the arrested suspect, telling a reporter "that individual has no association with us. Frankly, we are laughing." Investigators had been examining whether the suspect's old "Umbreon" alias and Pokémon-themed imagery, used on BreachForums since 2021, linked him to the group's recent FBI breach claims and Clop leak site defacement. _Anyone weighing threat actor attribution claims can track how these disputes unfold on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Police suspects Dutch hackers were involved in Odido breach](https://daily.dev/posts/police-suspects-dutch-hackers-were-involved-in-odido-breach-uhz9jdbvp) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Dutch cops back Odido as ShinyHunters leaks continue](https://daily.dev/posts/dutch-cops-back-odido-as-shinyhunters-leaks-continue-iruploltq) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Weekly Update 502](https://daily.dev/posts/weekly-update-502-qouik7t1l) · Troy Hunt · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meet Rey, the Admin of ‘Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters’ – Krebs on Security](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-rey-the-admin-of-scattered-lapsus-hunters-krebs-on-security-emzotswbj) · Krebs on Security · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dutch-police-confirm-arrest-in-shinyhunters-hacking-investigation-j6hz0kvi7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Dutch police confirm arrest in ShinyHunters hacking investigation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dutch-police-confirm-arrest-in-shinyhunters-hacking-investigation-j6hz0kvi7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dutch-police-confirm-arrest-in-shinyhunters-hacking-investigation-j6hz0kvi7"},"datePublished":"2026-09-28T19:53:36.253Z","dateModified":"2026-10-05T17:53:31.463Z","description":"Dutch police confirmed a 24-year-old Amsterdam man was arrested this month as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. 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