What If Your Startup’s Biggest Threat Isn’t a Competitor — But a Scammer Pretending to Be You? A New Breed of Digital Sabotage Is Here.

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You might have heard about “Pig Butchering” scams — those elaborate fraud schemes where scammers build emotional trust over time, then convince victims to hand over money to fake investments. While these scams have hit the crypto world hard, with losses totaling over $75 million globally, they’re now spilling over into other industries and affecting startups in unexpected ways.

What is Sabotage-as-a-Service?

Sabotage-as-a-Service is a new, stealthy type of attack aimed at businesses. Unlike flashy cyberattacks, these operations look more like a sudden flood of scam reports, unexplained customer losses or damaging PR crises. Often run from overseas scam centers, these services

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