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Inside the Prince Group case: forced labor, pig butchering, and a record $15 billion bitcoin seizure

US prosecutors say Chen Zhi ran Cambodian forced-labor compounds where trafficked workers were made to run romance-investment cons. Here is how the scheme works — and how to spot it.

By Mara Okafor · 4 min read · Painting: Renaissance archive
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No. 1207Newscritical
How North Korea stole $1.46 billion from Bybit — and why the signature looked normal

A compromised Safe{Wallet} developer machine let attackers rewrite a transaction after it left the screen. Bybit's signers approved what they saw, not what they actually signed.

By Lena Vogt · JUL 22, 2026 · 5 min read
No. 1206Newscritical
A fake Ledger app sat in Microsoft's own store and drained $768,000

It carried a five-star review and a copied description. Victims typed in their 24-word seed phrase, and their wallets emptied in minutes — and the same trick keeps clearing store review.

By Dev Patel · JUL 21, 2026 · 4 min read
No. 1205Threat Intelhigh
Inferno Drainer and the rise of rent-a-scam crimeware

A phishing kit rented to affiliates for a cut of every theft faked its own retirement in 2023 — then came back bigger. The whole attack is one signature you can learn to withhold.

By Lena Vogt · JUL 21, 2026 · 4 min read
No. 1204Newselevated
Deepfake Musk, real losses: the coin-doubling livestream that keeps coming back
By Dev Patel · JUL 21, 2026 · 4 min read
No. 1203Exchange Watchhigh
FTX, nearly four years on: the ten-day collapse and the freeze that every failure repeats
By Lena Vogt · JUL 20, 2026 · 4 min read
No. 1202Community Win
How on-chain investigators traced a $243M Bitcoin heist within days
By Jules Renner · JUL 20, 2026 · 4 min read
No. 1201Field Guide
Address poisoning: how a lookalike in your history steals your next paste
By HexDiver · JUL 20, 2026 · 3 min read
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