Mohammad Muzahir, aka Redbull

Cybercrime whistleblower. Computer engineer. The inside source behind WIRED’s award-winning investigation into a Southeast Asian scam compound. Independent cybercrime researcher.

Mohammad Muzahir, known as Redbull — **REDBULL** · Named after the energy drink on his compound desk.

The offer

An “IT manager” job abroad. Good pay, a quick interview, a typing test. Offers just like it still circulate on Telegram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Only after arriving did the real job become clear: running scam scripts.— AS REPORTED BY WIRED

Workers at rows of desks inside the scam compound — **EXHIBIT** · The work floor.

The floor

A high-rise in the Golden Triangle. Rows of desks, phones collected at the door, shifts of around fifteen hours through the night, timed to victims’ daytime. Fines for falling asleep, for not starting enough chats, for missing quota.

~15hshift, every night

~$500monthly pay promised, eaten by fines

30+workers who “opened” victims

$2.2Mtaken in 11 weeks

The ceremonial drum inside the compound — **EXHIBIT** · The drum, struck for every theft over $100,000.

The leak

He wrote to newsrooms, rights groups and police from inside. One journalist answered: Andy Greenberg at WIRED. For about six months, over Signal, he sent out the scripts, the org chart, the chats and the photos.

“The real product wasn’t money, it was trust.”— REDBULL, HUNTRESS WEBINAR, 2026

Whiteboard listing new customers and recharge amounts — **EXHIBIT** · “New Customer / Recharge”.

Now it’s their turn

WIRED published the investigation on 27 January 2026. It won the 2026 Online Journalism Award for Excellence in Technology Reporting. He now sits on Hush Line’s Board of Advisors for Whistleblowers and works in the open to expose the playbook every compound uses.

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