UPDATE 1 — Dutch 'reformed hacker' arrested in ShinyHunters investigation, police and boss say

(Adds details from interview with suspect's boss, paragraphs 3-8) By Raphael Satter and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, Sept 28 (Reuters) — A Dutch man whose journey from cybercriminal to reformed security professional was widely covered in the international media has been arrested as part of an investigation into the hacker group ShinyHunters, Dutch police and the man's boss said on Monday. In a statement posted to social media site X, Dutch police said that a 24-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the inquiry and would appear in court in Rotterdam on Tuesday. The statement did not identify the man by name, but his boss, Benjamin Korper of Amsterdam-based cybersecurity company Neo Security, said it was Pepijn van der Stap, the company's offensive security lead. In a telephone interview with Reuters, Korper said his office was visited by Dutch forensic investigators on September 15, the same night Van der Stap was arrested in a police raid. Van der Stap's 2023 convictions of data theft and extortion received widespread publicity, as did his subsequent disavowal of cybercrime. Korper said he had carefully vetted Van der Stap before hiring him and was shocked by the.