A $20 Billion Crypto Scam Market Faces a New Government Crackdown
2026-03-26T20:52:13Z•373ae2035aa68645cd66672d2b97de907e801235836d9d45da1c05d39293227c
AI securityDarkSwordMetaTelegramVPNbotnetscryptocurrency scamsdefense techend-to-end encryptioniOS exploitimmigration enforcementprivacysanctionssatellite spoofingsurveillance
What happened
A collection of WIRED security and geopolitics stories covering a wide range of high-impact incidents and trends: UK sanctions on the Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee crypto-scamming marketplace; widespread surveillance and privacy concerns (VPN/NSA questions, Meta’s rollback of end-to-end encryption, FBI phone-data purchases); major cyber incidents (DarkSword iOS‑18 exploit in the wild affecting hundreds of millions of iPhones, US takedown of multiple botnets that infected millions, a cyberattack disrupting a car breathalyzer firm, and Sears exposing AI chatbot conversations); and broader tech‑
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