CAT Labs is delivering digital asset recovery and cybersecurity tools to enable governments to fight crypto crime and to protect investors.

Joined January 2023
๐Ÿšจ ONLY 1% OF CRIMINAL DIGITAL ASSETS ARE RECOVERED. SOURCE: home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/neโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’ฐ How much illicit crypto remains undiscovered? ๐Ÿ”Ž Wallets, seed phrases and private keys could be hiding in seized digital evidence. RECOVERY CAT helps investigators FIND & IDENTIFY potential assets. ๐Ÿ” SECURITY CAT helps protect them once seized. You can't recover what you haven't found. No Crypto Left Behind #CryptoCrime #AssetRecovery #CATLABS
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๐Ÿšจ WHAT IF THE DEVICE PROTECTING YOUR CRYPTO IS ACTUALLY THE THREAT? ๐Ÿ” Reports of a tampered Ledger wallet raise concerns about hardware supply-chain security. SOURCE:theverge.com/tech/1009294/leโ€ฆ For agencies securing seized crypto, protecting private keys isn't enough. ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Our SECURITY CAT is built around a broader approach to digital-asset protection. Secure the hardware. Secure the keys. Secure the assets. No Crypto Left Behind #SECURITYCAT #Cybersecurity #CATLABS
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๐Ÿ’ฐ WHAT IF THE NEXT $1 BILLION IN BITCOIN IS ALREADY SITTING IN AN EVIDENCE ROOM? The U.S. government reportedly moved ~$1B in previously recovered Bitcoin. Source: cryptoslate.com/us-governmenโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ”Ž But how much illicit crypto remains undiscovered in seized devices and digital evidence? ๐Ÿ” RECOVERY CAT helps investigators FIND & IDENTIFY potential digital assets. ๐Ÿšจ You can't seize what you haven't found. No Crypto Left Behind #RecoveryCAT #CATLABS
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THE QUANTUM THREAT TO CRYPTO ISNโ€™T HERE YET. @Europol SAYS DONโ€™T WAIT UNTIL IT IS. Europol is urging governments and the crypto industry to prepare now for quantum threats to digital assets. A sufficiently powerful quantum computer could eventually put certain cryptocurrency wallet keys at risk. The timeline is uncertain, but security migrations take time. SOURCE:europol.europa.eu/media-presโ€ฆ Thatโ€™s why our SECURITY CAT was designed with quantum-resistant protection in mind!!! The goal isnโ€™t to react when the threat arrives. Itโ€™s to be ready before it does. No Crypto Left Behind #QuantumComputing #Cybersecurity #DigitalAssets #SecurityCAT #CATLABS
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YOU CANโ€™T FREEZE WHAT YOU HAVENโ€™T FOUND. European regulators are pushing for stronger powers to freeze crypto assets suspected of being connected to criminal activity. SOURCE:reuters.com/legal/litigationโ€ฆ But enforcement authority is only part of the equation. What if the wallet, seed phrase or private key is still buried inside seized digital evidence? ๐Ÿ”Ž RECOVERY CAT helps investigators FIND & IDENTIFY potential digital assets and key materialgiving them the starting point needed to act. Blockchain analytics can follow the money. RECOVERY CAT helps find where the trail begins. No Crypto Left Behind! #CryptoCrime #DigitalEvidence #RecoveryCAT #CATLABS
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110 TERABYTES SEIZED. OUR RECOVERY CAT WAS BUILT FOR THE SEARCH THAT COMES NEXT. Operation KillSwitch disrupted the KillSec ransomware group and secured 110+ TB of data. Investigators are now examining that evidence and tracing criminal proceeds, including crypto. Source: europol.europa.eu/media-presโ€ฆ Getting the data is one challenge. Finding what matters inside it is another. Wallets. Seed phrases. Private keys. Exchange credentials. This is the scale RECOVERY CAT was built for: helping investigators rapidly FIND & IDENTIFY potential digital assets buried within massive datasets. Because before you can trace the crypto, you have to find the starting point. No Crypto Left Behind #RecoveryCAT #DigitalEvidence #CryptoCrime #CATLABS
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DISRUPTING A CARTEL MEANS DISRUPTING THE ECOSYSTEM AROUND IT and that is what just happened! @USTreasury sanctioned 21 individuals and 25 entities tied to the Sinaloa Cartel targeting leadership, businesses, facilitators and financial infrastructure. Treasury also identified the use of cryptocurrency alongside traditional money-laundering methods to move illicit proceeds. Source: home.treasury.gov/news/pressโ€ฆ Thatโ€™s the evolution: crypto isnโ€™t replacing traditional criminal finance. Itโ€™s becoming another layer of it. Follow the people. Follow the infrastructure. Follow the money. No Crypto Left Behind #OrganizedCrime #CryptoCrime #FinancialCrime #CATLABS
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THE PRIVATE KEY WASNโ€™T COMPROMISED. $387 MILLION STILL MOVED. Source:theblock.co/news/markets/202โ€ฆ The Bitget breach highlights an important reality: protecting the key alone isnโ€™t the same as protecting the asset. According to Bitget, attackers compromised backend wallet infrastructure while the private keys themselves remained secure. Digital-asset security requires protecting the entire chain of trust: Access โ†’ Authorization โ†’ Custody โ†’ Control For governments increasingly taking custody of seized crypto, that distinction matters. Itโ€™s exactly the kind of challenge driving our SECURITY CAT and why it was built! Secure the key. Secure the system. Secure the asset. No Crypto Left Behind #Cybersecurity #DigitalAssets #Crypto #CATLabs
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CRYPTO EVIDENCE IS BECOMING GEOPOLITICAL EVIDENCE. U.S. prosecutors are investigating Binance in connection with U.S. sanctions on Iran and trading activity on its platform. Binance says it has zero tolerance for sanctions violations and cooperates with law enforcement. No wrongdoing has been established. Source: reuters.com/legal/governmentโ€ฆ Crypto investigations increasingly intersect with sanctions, state actors, organized crime and international finance. A wallet address may be more than a transaction. It may be a connection to a much larger network. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ #Crypto #Sanctions #DigitalEvidence #FinancialCrime
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CRIMINALS ARE KEEPING 99% OF THEIR ILLEGAL GAINS. INTERPOL WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. @INTERPOL_HQ Silver Notice helps countries trace criminal assets across borders, including cryptocurrency. Source: apnews.com/article/interpol-โ€ฆ But before crypto can be traced or seized, investigators have to know it exists. A wallet. Seed phrase. Private key. Exchange credential. ๐Ÿ”Ž RECOVERY CAT helps FIND & IDENTIFY digital assets hidden in seized evidence. ๐Ÿ” SECURITY CAT helps protect those assets once seized. Follow the money. But first, you have to find it. No Crypto Left Behind #INTERPOL #CryptoCrime #CATLabs
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COULD CARTELS BE BUILDING CRYPTO INFRASTRUCTURE? Mexican authorities recently uncovered a clandestine crypto-mining operation with roughly 300 GPUs, satellite communications and industrial electrical infrastructure. Source: reuters.com/world/americas/hโ€ฆ Authorities are investigating possible links to organized crime and money laundering. The bigger question: are criminal networks moving beyond simply using crypto and beginning to build infrastructure around it? As physical and digital crime converge, investigators need technology that can keep pace. ๐Ÿ”Ž RECOVERY CAT: FIND & IDENTIFY digital assets ๐Ÿ” SECURITY CAT: SEIZE & SECURE Criminal infrastructure is evolving. Investigative technology must evolve with it. No Crypto Left Behind #CryptoCrime #OrganizedCrime #LawEnforcement #CATLabs
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THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED. POLICY AND PROCEDURE NEED TO CHANGE WITH IT. Thank you to BetterTech for interviewing CAT LABS CEO Lilita Infante and highlighting an important challenge facing law enforcement. Watch the full interview here! youtube.com/watch?v=uTiGQUhzโ€ฆ Finding crypto is only part of the equation. Agencies need clear policies for how private keys, seed phrases and digital assets are discovered, handled and secured, supported by technology built for the mission. ๐Ÿ”Ž RECOVERY CAT: FIND & IDENTIFY ๐Ÿ” SECURITY CAT: SEIZE & SECURE Policy + Procedure + Technology must evolve together. No Crypto Left Behind #DigitalAssets #LawEnforcement #DigitalEvidence #CATLabs
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๐Ÿ”ฅA NEW CRIMINAL ECOSYSTEM IS EMERGING. AI scales deception. Encrypted networks enable coordination. Cloud infrastructure provides reach. Crypto can move and control value globally. These technologies increasingly work together. For investigators, that means the evidence is connected too. ft.com/content/d545bae1-d770โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ”Ž RECOVERY CAT helps FIND and IDENTIFY digital assets hidden within seized evidence. ๐Ÿ” SECURITY CAT helps protect those assets once seized. ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—— โžก๏ธ ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ โžก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜ โžก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—–๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ Criminal technology is converging. Investigative technology must evolve just as fast. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ #CryptoCrime #DigitalEvidence #LawEnforcement #CATLABS
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THE CRYPTO MAY BE DIGITAL. THE KEY TO IT MAY BE SITTING IN A SAFE.๐Ÿช™ Irish organized crime groups are reportedly storing seed phrases and private-key material in physical vaults alongside traditional valuables. Source: crypto.news/irish-crime-gangโ€ฆ It highlights how much financial evidence has evolved. A few words on paper. A photo. A wallet backup. Anyone could represent access to significant illicit assets. Thatโ€™s why RECOVERY CAT helps investigators uncover crypto evidence they may not even know existsโ€”and SECURITY CAT helps protect those assets once seized. FIND โ†’ IDENTIFY โ†’ SEIZE โ†’ SECURE #CryptoCrime #DigitalEvidence #CATLABS
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THE WORLD IS BUILDING A NEW PLAYBOOK FOR CRYPTO CRIME. Recent takedowns, the new U.S. UK alliance, and Indiaโ€™s push to expand crypto investigation capabilities point to the same shift: Crypto investigations are becoming a core law enforcement capability. ๐Ÿ”Ž RECOVERY CAT helps investigators FIND and IDENTIFY digital assets hidden in seized evidence. ๐Ÿ” SECURITY CAT provides quantum-resistant protection once those assets are seized. FIND โ†’ IDENTIFY โ†’ SEIZE โ†’ SECURE Criminal infrastructure is evolving. The technology used to fight it must evolve with it. No Crypto Left Behind #CryptoCrime #LawEnforcement #CATLabs
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HAMAS FUNDRAISING NETWORK DISRUPTED: CRYPTO IS NOW PART OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY BATTLESPACE. Souce:justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-dโ€ฆ The @USDOJ seized $560K+ in crypto intended for Hamas, along with domains and servers tied to fundraising and recruitment. The takeaway goes beyond the seizure: A wallet. Seed phrase. Private key. Exchange credential. Anyone could reveal digital assets, and connections investigators didn't know existed. No Crypto Left Behind #Hamas #NationalSecurity #DigitalEvidence
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FIND IT. SEIZE IT. SECURE IT. @ASPolice Avon and Somerset Police just announced its largest crypto seizure since new wallet-freezing powers took effect in 2024: Source: avonandsomerset.police.uk/neโ€ฆ 20.21 Bitcoin + other assets โ€” more than ยฃ1 million recovered. Cases like this highlight the digital-asset recovery challenge. ๐Ÿ”Ž RECOVERY CAT helps investigators FIND and IDENTIFY digital assets hidden within digital evidence. ๐Ÿ” SECURITY CAT provides quantum-resistant protection for those assets once seized. As crypto becomes a larger part of criminal investigations, agencies need capabilities across the entire lifecycle: FIND โ†’ IDENTIFY โ†’ SEIZE โ†’ SECURE No Crypto Left Behind #CryptoCrime #DigitalAssets #LawEnforcement #CATLabs
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AN ARREST CAN STOP A CRIMINAL. FOLLOWING THE ASSETS CAN EXPOSE THE NETWORK. INTERPOL's Operation Jackal IV targeted organized crime across 22 countries, resulting in 58 arrests and 263 suspects identified. interpol.int/News-and-Eventsโ€ฆ But the mission went beyond arrests: follow the money and seize criminal assets. A single seized device can expose wallets, private keys, accounts and financial connections to a much larger network. That's why RECOVERY CAT matters. FIND. IDENTIFY. SEIZE and DISRUPT. No Crypto Left Behind #INTERPOL #AssetRecovery #DigitalEvidence #CATLABS
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โ€œ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ฌ๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—จ๐—š๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—šโ€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€. Criminals are increasingly recognizing that what's accessible through a device can be worth far more than the hardware itself. Source: thetimes.com/uk/crime/articlโ€ฆ Wallets. Exchange accounts. Seed phrases. Private keys. The value has shifted from the device to the data. That's also why digital investigations must evolve. ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง searches seized data for crypto evidence and potential private-key material investigators may not even know exists. Crime is evolving. So must the way we search evidence. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ #CryptoCrime #DigitalEvidence #CATLABS
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๐Ÿšจ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง ๐— ๐—”๐—๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—œ๐—ง๐—–๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ญ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—ก ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐— ? Thousands of seized phones, computers and cloud accounts may contain wallets, seed phrases or private keys to illicit crypto investigators don't even know exists. digitaltoday.co.kr/en/view/9โ€ฆ? That's the opportunity behind RECOVERY CAT. Search the evidence you already have. Surface potential private-key material. Discover the assets hiding inside the data. Because before crypto can be traced, frozen or seized. Someone has to FIND itโ€ผ๏ธ No Crypto Left Behind #DigitalAssets #AssetRecovery #CATLabs
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