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[Thailand and FBI Jointly Recover $432,000 Stolen Cryptocurrency] Thai officials announced that, through a joint operation with the FBI, they have recovered over $432,000 (approximately 14 million baht) in stolen digital assets from an Eastern European hacker hiding in Phuket. Lieutenant General Surapong Prempree, head of Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, stated that Operation '293' successfully seized and returned $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency. It is reported that the hacker used malware to steal authentication keys and mnemonic phrases from victims' devices, thereby gaining access to cryptocurrency accounts.