How the application ‘XHelper’ is powering the Indian money-laundering gig economy

Cybercriminals are using a massive network of hired mules in India and an Android-based money transfer application to launder illicit proceeds, researchers have found. According to an investigation by the Singapore-based cybersecurity company CloudSEK, the money mules — who are recruited to receive and then quickly transfer funds to obscure their origin — are managed

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