Freddy Scot. Austria.

Specialisms: international journalism, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, crypto exchanges, cyberattacks and digital security.
Investigative journalist, editor, analyst and one of the founders of Decrypt. Co-author of books on cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, digital forensics and Bitcoin.
He was one of the first to analyse cryptocurrency crimes and the methods used by law enforcement agencies to track Bitcoin transactions. He has also provided detailed accounts of the activities of darknet markets.
He has received international honours and professional awards.
His career spans over 16 years.

Revolut data breach: are hackers blackmailing customers, and are their passports, IBANs and Bitcoin transactions at risk? Cryptocurrency as a lottery: two in ten Ethereum Theft: The Digital Signature That Cost Nearly $1 million Coins that could rise in value 1,000-fold: what a crypto investor should do Divorce, a crypto wallet and a payment for murder Binance crypto exchange to cease operations in the EU from July: What’s happening? The publication of the ‘Epstein files’: secrets and interest in cryptocurrencies Integrated agents and a cryptocurrency wallet How I accidentally broke 6,700 devices and what would have happened if they had been crypto wallets A new old house and a box with the password to a crypto wallet The collapse of illusions about “easy money” in cryptocurrencies The real name of a Russian spy who lived in Italy was established with the help of her cat and transactions on a crypto wallet Fraud and an empty wallet