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Inside a 'modern slavery situation' where cyber scammers are victims themselves

NPR | By Terry Gross
Published September 22, 2026 at 12:29 PM EDT

Wired's Andy Greenberg explains how a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia trapped computer engineers into defrauding victims of billions of dollars. Plus, he discusses the scam involving Fresh Air.

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