How Threat Actors Are Changing Money Laundering Campaigns

Change in the money-laundering game

It is next to impossible to locate the exact amount of money that’s been laundered globally, conservative estimates suggest anywhere between $800 million to $2 trillion. This is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s a crime that fuels some of the world’s most dangerous criminal operations. 

It’s also a tactic threat actors use to cover up their tracks and the profits they make from campaigns like large-scale ransomware attacks. The increase of cryptocurrency has also allowed cybercriminals to avoid getting caught. 

Financial enterprises, cryptocurrency companies, and other institutions have to pay fines for not being able to root out money laundering as regulators and government agencies worldwide try to crack down on this major challenge. 

The bad news is that as we move toward 2023, automation is going to make the situation only worse. We can expect a rise in money laundering as-a-service. The good news is that there are ways to fight this problem and collectively mitigate cyber criminals’ ability to operationalize. 

The Crypto money laundering case

A go-to tactic by threat actors looking to advance in ranks is using ‘money mules.’ Money mules are individuals that help launder money- sometimes, unknowingly. They’re often baited under promises of legitimate jobs and false pretenses, only to find later that the job is to help launder profits from cybercrim

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