US Seizure of China-Linked Front Companies Centrik Global and Rightinfo
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI disabled 13 domains associated with a Chinese intelligence operation utilizing front companies, including Centrik Global and Rightinfo, to conduct social engineering attacks against U.S. government and military personnel. Since November 2023, threat actors leveraged AI-generated personas and professional freelance platforms to recruit targets for "consulting" roles. The campaign transitioned victims to Telegram and used cryptocurrency for payments to incentivize the exfiltration of sensitive national security data and classified research. Remediation involved the legal seizure of infrastructure and a wide-scale Army advisory distributed to over one million personnel.
DoJ, Coinbase, Meta, Microsoft, and Starlink Disrupt Southeast Asia Crypto Fraud Networks
On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) initiated "Disruption Week," a coordinated multi-sector operation targeting transnational cryptocurrency fraud networks in Southeast Asia. The operation dismantled the operational infrastructure of "pig butchering" schemes by synchronizing the disabling of 1.4 million fraudulent accounts across Meta, Microsoft, and Starlink, while simultaneously freezing $3.8 million in assets via Coinbase. By targeting the intersection of communication, internet connectivity, productivity suites, and financial off-ramps, the operation shifted from individual arrests to systemic infrastructure neutralization, effectively severing the command-and-control (C2) and monetization capabilities of these fraud syndicates.