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Attackers accessed TLOxp, a restricted TransUnion database for licensed investigators, to locate the victim's home address.
ZachXBT traced the perpetrators through leaked chat logs and surveillance photos, leading to their prosecution at Sheffield Crown Court.
Compromised data lookup services have enabled eight to nine figures in crypto thefts and may be linked to multiple deaths.
A 16-year-old who used professional detective (skip-tracing) tools to orchestrate a $4.3 million cryptocurrency robbery has been sentenced alongside two accomplices. Blockchain detective ZachXBT’s investigation led to the prosecution.
Three men armed with machetes forced a victim to transfer $4.3 million in cryptocurrency on June 18, 2024, per the victim’s public post . The attackers posed as

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