Money
+7

Aug 25, 2026
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10 min read
A bank CEO sent $47.1 million to strangers who told him it was about to be released. Then an investor told me the same thing, albeit in a nicer room.

Fraud
+2

Aug 4, 2026
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12 min read
The government outsourced fraud detection in 1863 and never took it back. Last year, strangers filed 1,297 lawsuits in its name using public data. Yours is public too.

Fraud
+6

Jul 28, 2026
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11 min read
An AI broke into Hugging Face to cheat on a test. No criminal, no motive, no recourse. The three classes of agentic fraud, and why no law covers any of them.

Fraud
+3

Jul 21, 2026
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9 min read
Your refund from the biggest heist in history: $10.55

Fraud
+7

Jun 30, 2026
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8 min read
He turned 60 stolen ID photos into living faces and let the bots open the accounts. Inside the fraud factory.

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