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A model and actress with millions of followers fell for an AI deepfake scam and lost $118,000 in a single day. In this episode, we break down exactly how a criminal syndicate trapped her on a video call for 24 hours, what made this scam nearly impossible to detect, and how you can make sure it doesn't happen to you.

pcTattletale founder catches chargers for "catch a cheater app"Monitoring software is everywhere. Parents use it, employers use it, and it's completely legal to buy. So why is Bryan Fleming facing 15 years in federal prison for selling it? Today we break down the pcTattletale case, the legal line between legitimate monitoring and criminal surveillance, and what happens when a company that sold "100% undetectable" spyware gets hacked itself. 138,000 customers. 300 million screenshots. And one guilty plea that just changed the stalkerware industry.

Two cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin, just pleaded guilty to launching the exact ransomware attacks they were hired to stop. One was an incident response manager at Sygnia. The other was a ransomware negotiator at DigitalMint. Together with a third accomplice, they attacked five U.S. companies using off the shelf malware.

The billionaire scam kingpin is finally in custody. On January 6th, Cambodian authorities arrested Chen Zhi. By January 7th, he was on a plane to Beijing in handcuffs.Meanwhile, the scam compounds in Cambodia keep running.This is the update on Chen Zhi.

Europol calls it Violence as a Service. You pay, someone else throws the grenade. And the person throwing it is probably 16.Operation GRIMM just swept up 193 people across eleven countries. But the arrests aren't the story. The story is the online black market that's recruiting teenagers through Discord servers and gaming chats to carry out bombings, shootings, and contract killings. Recruiters building trust for months. Small jobs that turn into big ones. By the time these kids realize what they signed up for, they're in too deep to walk away.The Netherlands saw over 1,500 explosive attacks last year. Police are finding bombs stored under teenagers' beds. And Europol says minors are now involved in 70 percent of organized criminal markets.This episode breaks down how the machine works.

Someone stole $400,000 worth of lobster meat bound for Costco. No weapons. No violence. No high-speed chase. Just a spoofed email, a fake website, a fake driver's license, and a truck. The seafood bandits drove off in broad daylight.

What if every WiFi router could track you without a phone in your pocket? German researchers just proved it's possible, and the system is already everywhere. This is the surveillance tech from The Dark Knight, except instead of Batman destroying it after one use, it's permanently embedded in every building you walk into. No cameras. No warning. Just radio waves that see through walls.

How a Lithuanian Man Stole Over $100 Million from Google and Facebook with fake invoices.Evaldas Rimasauskas pulled off one of the largest corporate frauds in history. No hacking. No malware. No compromised networks. Just fake emails and invoices sent to the right people at the right time.Business Email Compromise, or BEC, costs companies $2.9 billion a year.In this episode, we break down exactly how the scam worked, why it succeeded, and what's required to defend against it. It's simpler than you think.