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Source code error exposes suspected network of over 2,500 fake shops
Original: Quelltext-Fehler legt mutmaßliches Fake-Shop-Netzwerk offen: Ein technischer Fehler hat möglicherweise Einblick in die P
A technical glitch has allegedly lifted the curtain on the planning of a large fake shop network. In the source code of one reported online shop, investigators found a list of more than 2,500 internet addresses, apparently websites belonging to the same fraudulent operation. The discovery suggests the scheme was far larger than a single shop, and the exposed addresses could help authorities and platforms take down the whole network at once.
Why now: The sheer scale of the exposed network, with thousands of suspected scam shops revealed at once, is alarming consumers and fraud watchers.
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