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'Jewelbug' APT Balances State Espionage & Cryptocurrency Theft

Security researchers have identified a hacker-for-hire group dubbed 'Jewelbug' that uniquely operates both state-sponsored cyber espionage campaigns and cryptocurrency theft operations from a single command-and-control infrastructure. This dual-purpose APT group blurs the traditional lines between nation-state threat actors and financially motivated cybercriminals, managing both mission sets throu

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Utopia Tech

August 13, 2026 · 1 min read

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Researchers discovered hackers-for-hire performing cyber espionage and financially motivated heists from the same Web panel.

Originally published at darkreading.com

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