Odaily News Thai officials announced on Wednesday that they have successfully recovered over $432,000 (14 million Thai Baht) in stolen digital assets from an Eastern European cybercriminal who was hiding in Phuket. According to local media, Major General Surapong Prempuk of the Thai Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) revealed that Operation 293 successfully seized and returned $320,000 worth of crypto assets to victims in Thailand. It is said that the hacker deployed malware to infiltrate the victims' devices in order to steal identification keys and mnemonic phrases, which are critical access credentials for crypto accounts. (Decrypt)
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Thailand, in collaboration with the FBI, has recovered $432,000 worth of Crypto Assets from a European Hacker.
Odaily News Thai officials announced on Wednesday that they have successfully recovered over $432,000 (14 million Thai Baht) in stolen digital assets from an Eastern European cybercriminal who was hiding in Phuket. According to local media, Major General Surapong Prempuk of the Thai Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) revealed that Operation 293 successfully seized and returned $320,000 worth of crypto assets to victims in Thailand. It is said that the hacker deployed malware to infiltrate the victims' devices in order to steal identification keys and mnemonic phrases, which are critical access credentials for crypto accounts. (Decrypt)