A look at a thriving underground economy for Claude access in China, including “transfer station” sites that buy API tokens abroad and distribute them to users
As Anthropic tightens restrictions on access to Claude in China, users keep finding new workarounds, from proxy services to fake identities sourced on Telegram.LinkedIn:Zeyi YangLinkedIn:Zeyi Yang:Des...
How cyberscammers are bypassing major banks' KYC facial scans using stolen biometric data and virtual camera tools sold via public Telegram channels and groups
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — From inside a money-laundering center in Cambodia, an employee opens a popular Vietnamese banking app on his phone.Forums:r/technewsForums:r/technews:Cyberscammers are bypassing ...
AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing
In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse.
Criminal enterprises in Southeast Asian scam hubs are recruiting “AI face models” to facilitate crypto and romance scams; some demand 100+ video calls per day
Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.”
Russian forces in Ukraine are facing communications issues as SpaceX restricts Starlink access and Telegram faces a crackdown, per pro-Russian military channels
Russian forces fighting in Ukraine are facing communications problems from the dual blow of restricted access to Elon Musk's Starlink …
A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups
A vast ecosystem supported by the gig economy has sprung up to clean all that cash. — The pitch was simple: Crypto for “cold hard cash.”LinkedIn:Tamer Yalav,Poppy Alexander,CAT Labs,Scott Greytak, a...
A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups
A vast ecosystem supported by the gig economy has sprung up to clean all that cash. — The pitch was simple: Crypto for “cold hard cash.”LinkedIn:Tamer Yalav,CAT Labs,Poppy Alexander,Scott Greytak, a...
How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M+ Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots
How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M+ Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.
X plans a Handle Marketplace to let Premium+ and Premium Business subscribers search for and request inactive usernames; rare handles range from $2,500 to $1M+
Explore inactive 𝕏 handles Available to Full Access Premium Businesses. Paulo Vargas / Digital Trends : You'll soon be able to buy that dormant X handle you've had your eye on Bella Javier Liamzon / T...