Shazam identifies songs by creating audio fingerprints from short audio clips and matching them against a database of millions of songs. The technology analyzes the unique acoustic patterns in music to recognize tracks within seconds.
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group "Scattered Spider" pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted to text-message phishing attacks in 2022 that allowed the group to hack major technology companies and steal tens of millions in cryptocurrency.