First Watch Podcast
First Watch Podcast
SafeGuard Cyber
Special Edition: Cezary Podkul on Cyberscams, Organized Crime, and Human Trafficking
28 minutes Posted Sep 26, 2022 at 12:27 pm.
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Organized crime syndicates and human trafficking are behind industrial cyberscam operations in South East Asia. The depth and breadth of these operations is devastating and heartbreaking. Even as a cybersecurity vendor, the scale of operations is astonishing. We dig in with Cezary Podkul to learn more about the human cost of these social engineering scams, and to understand that the person on the other end of that scam message might be a victim too.

Read the full report here: https://www.propublica.org/article/human-traffickers-force-victims-into-cyberscamming

Follow Cezary Podkul's reporting on Twitter: @Cezary