A joint operation between Thailand and the FBI recovered $432,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a European hacker.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Thai officials announced Wednesday that they had successfully recovered over $432,000 (14 million baht) in stolen digital assets from an Eastern European cybercriminal hiding in Phuket. According to local media reports, Lieutenant General Surapong Premput, who leads the Thai Cybercrime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), revealed that "Operation 293" successfully seized and returned $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency to Thai victims. The hacker allegedly deployed malware to compromise victims' devices to steal authentication keys and mnemonic phrases, crucial access credentials for encrypted accounts. (Decrypt)