White hat hacker infiltrates Cambodian opérations

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After linking up with dozens of workers “asking to be saved” and breaking into scammers’ computers, a notorious ex-hacker now working for the Vietnamese state cybersecurity agency called for “prompt intervention” to get thousands of victims out of Cambodian compounds.

 

A report compiled mostly last year by Ngo Minh Hieu — previously jailed in the U.S. for a massive identity-theft scheme involving the personal data of 200 million people — documented familiar allegations that have been raised by Chinese, Thai, Malaysian and other nationals about global scam operations based in Cambodian compounds marked by detention, debt slavery and violence.

 

For months, foreign workers have alleged being lured to come to Cambodia then held at compounds and forced to work on global online scams. Foreign governments have issued warnings about the situation, but the scam compounds have continued to operate.

 

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