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This is an astounding article from @WIRED. It's about how a man trapped into being a pig-butchering scammer stole reams of data about the operations of the scam shop he was enslaved in, and ultimately escaped.
I highly recommend it.
h/t @zackwhittaker
https://www.wired.com/story/he-leaked-the-secrets-southeast-asian-scam-compound-then-had-to-get-out-alive/
Free link: https://archive.ph/4lBx1
#infosec #privacy #PigButchering

WIRED

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.

Jonathan Kamens 86 47

@jik@federate.social · 2 weeks ago

WIRED

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.

Joachim and 1 other boosted

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯

@cryptadamist@universeodon.com · 2 months ago

this story about Benjamin Mauerberger, a south african #crypto bro and card carrying member of the chinese #mafia who made so much money via #pigbutchering and other crypto scams that he managed to co-opt a large part of #Thailand's government (to say nothing of #Cambodia and #Myanmar) is nuts.

if you’re wondering about the dark forces driving the current war between thailand and cambodia, this is one of those forces.

https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/americas-new-enemy-the-chinese-crypto-cartel-buying-states-to-fight-the-u-s-2/

#sapol #southafrica #whaleHunting #triads #organizedcrime #ChineseMafia #pigbutchering #ASEAN #scams #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #princeGroup #huione

Tom Wright
@TomWrightAsia
"I outrank you," Ben Mauerberger told Thailand’s Finance Minister.
After 40 stories & 50+ sources, we deliver the full 7,000-word feature on
how one man -- armed with billions of stolen American savings --
captured a state. — Tom Wright @TomWrightAsia "I outrank you," Ben Mauerberger told Thailand’s Finance Minister. After 40 stories & 50+ sources, we deliver the full 7,000-word feature on how one man -- armed with billions of stolen American savings -- captured a state.

Whale Hunting

America's New Enemy: The Chinese Crypto Cartel Buying States

A mysterious South African took over a sovereign nation, armed with a flood of untraceable wealth from scam compounds enslaving thousands. This is the story of how Chinese organized crime captured Thailand — and why America should be terrified.