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# Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup

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**Published:** July 8, 2026  
**Original:** https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/felons-fraudsters-flog-offensive-cybersecurity-startup/  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a now-defunct AI-based lobbying platform they operated under assumed names.

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