A 16-year-old intern helped Netgear catch scammers in India for $800 — Culprits would pose as Netgear employees & sell fake support packages to customers

Tom's Hardware
Feb 19, 2026, 6:00 am194 ptsTrendingTop
After scammers were successfully able to phish their way through Netgear customers for months, the company was forced to adopt a more unconventional cybersecurity measure: a 16-year-old intern named Wyatt. He was able to eventually lead the law firm to the source bank accounts of these scammers back in India.

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