# The Windows Fingerprint

URL: /show/the-launch/74/
> A Scattered Spider arrest reveals how a VPN wasn’t enough when Windows device telemetry helped investigators connect the dots.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 74
- Date: 2026-07-08
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:45:04
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/639190608768064257f052407d-e880-4451-a2b9-aa989946abba.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/f052407d-e880-4451-a2b9-aa989946abba639190608964983947.srt) [text/vtt](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/f052407d-e880-4451-a2b9-aa989946abba639190608961978506.vtt) [text/html](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/transcript_f052407d-e880-4451-a2b9-aa989946abba639190608967342262.html)




### Episode Links

**CALL 1-774-462-5667**

* [i use openrc and i just strace my chrome and...](https://x.com/rohanganapa/status/2074031859487346842)
* [browser\\_dm\\_token\\_storage\\_linux.cc - Chromium Code Search](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:chrome/browser/policy/browser_dm_token_storage_linux.cc;drc=63b3cfecc2b7e56a1cab84a379bacf6b71995f1b;l=102)
* [Scattered Spider - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattered_Spider)
* [New Court Files Reveal How Microsoft Helped the FBI Identify Peter Stokes "Bouquet" (Scattered Spider Member) ](https://x.com/thecomfeed/status/2073780030363107727)
* [A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID ](https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device)
* [Alleged Member of Criminal Cyber Hacking Group “Scattered Spider” Arrested in Finland and Extradited to the United States | United States Department of Justice](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alleged-member-criminal-cyber-hacking-group-scattered-spider-arrested-finland-and-extradited)
* [I Heard you Like a House on Stilts...](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/184-Walnut-Ridge-Dr-Cleveland-GA-30528/441696302_zpid/)
* [Skip the River, Go for the Lake](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/185-Roadrunner-Ln-Kingsland-TX-78611/249039452_zpid/)

**Music**