Pryx and Devman claim a role in deadly Cairo telecom fire
Original title: Pryx – Four Dead in Cairo, a Cybercrime Past and…
Four workers died and 27 were injured at Ramses Central on July 7, 2025; a cyber cause is still only a claim.
A fire on July 7, 2025 at Cairo's Ramses Central Exchange killed four workers and injured 27, disrupting telecommunications, internet, banking and aviation. Egyptian authorities initially suspected an electrical malfunction. In December 2025, LeMagIT reported that Pryx, identified as 19-year-old Adem El Adeb, and Devman claimed access to Hyper-V systems, domain controllers and SCADA-connected equipment and suggested the fire was not accidental. A journalist reviewed screenshots said to support parts of that intrusion claim.
Unconfirmed: Pryx and Devman claim responsibility; authorities first suspected an electrical fault, and no official cyber attribution is stated.
- Reuters profiled El Adeb on October 9, 2026; he calls himself a retired threat actor.
- Pryx reportedly said the network became unresponsive during SCADA manipulation.
- The cyber link rests on the actors' accounts and reviewed screenshots.
- DataBreaches.net says it has no current contact information for Pryx.
Impact: Alleged SCADA disruption tied to a fire that killed four
- Victims
- Ramses Central Exchange
- Countries
- Egypt
From the original article
3 min read at databreaches.netSimone Kraus writes: On October 9, 2026, Reuters introduced the world to Adem El Adeb, a 19-year-old so called former cybercriminal known as Pryx, who claimed to have abandoned illegal hacking and started a cybersecurity company, but that doesn’t change what he does until the FBI was attacked. He described himself as a retired threat... Source
By Dissent · databreaches.net
A short excerpt; the article and its images belong to the publisher. Summary, key facts and assessment above are AI-written from the article and can be wrong.