Indonesian ex-scammers reveal how Southeast Asian scam farms lured them via Facebook and Telegram ads; Indonesia says 6,700+ people were tricked since 2020
restofworld.org/2025/fake-jo... X: @restofworld : Rest of World interviewed seven former scammers in Indonesia to learn how they were lured into scam farms and about the technologies they used to defr...
The UN says the ~$40B cybercrime call center industry, tied to East and Southeast Asian crime syndicates, is expanding globally to regions with weak governance
UN Hannah Collymore / Cryptopolitan : UNODC fingers crypto, illegal mining and Telegram in Asian organized crime growth Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg : Crime Syndicates in Southeast Asia Go Glob...
Pig butchering operations that are offshoots of the Southeast Asian activity have emerged in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and West Africa
WIRED reports: — “More than 200,000 people in Southeast Asia have been forced to run online scams …
Research: Southeast Asian scam syndicates, which typically use forced labor to run online scams like pig butchering, are stealing an estimated $64B annually
James Reddick / The Record :
Report finds attacks on 5 Southeast Asian telcos since 2017 are linked to 3 Chinese cyber-espionage groups, but found no signs of collaboration among the groups
an indication that the targets are of great value to the attackers. #china #espionage #apt #infosec #security #malware https://www.cybereason.com/... https://t.co/... @780thc : Cybereason investigated...
As Southeast Asian governments introduce “fake news” laws to fight COVID-19 misinformation, conspiracists thrive on Telegram and other non-public platforms
Peter Guest / Rest of World : Tweets: @febrofirdaus , @restofworld , @cengizyar , @ismailfahmi , and @restofworld Tweets: Febriana Firdaus / @febrofirdaus : Singapore's conspiracists thrive on Telegr...