Danny Jones Podcast #327 - Scammer Payback: Hacker Takes Down $65 Million Global Fraud Empire | Pierogi
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Origin Story: From Cybersecurity To Scambaiting
- Pierogi started scambaiting after watching another caller and used his cybersecurity skills to prank and then escalate into exposing scammers.
- He recorded calls at nights while working day jobs, bought a microphone, and grew a YouTube channel from that hobby.
Enterprise Security Skills Translate To Scam Hunting
- Enterprise security taught Pierogi how attackers move through networks and why breaches take months to detect.
- He applied those intrusion-detection and endpoint ideas to find and exploit scam call-center systems.
Glitter-Bomb Sting Exposed Money Mules
- Pierogi collaborated with Jim Browning and Mark Rober to expose money-mule networks and even trap a U.S. mule with a glitter bomb.
- That sting led to at least one arrest and highlighted nine-figure laundering rings tied to scammers.