Liam Vaughan
liamvaughan.bsky.social
Liam Vaughan
@liamvaughan.bsky.social
Investigations and longform narrative @bloomberg.com
Author of Flash Crash and The Fix
https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Crash-Trading-Manhunt-Mysterious/dp/0385543654/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Wes Edens made billions on Wall Street and co-owns the Milwaukee Bucks and Aston Villa. He also has a natural gas company that's gone from $10bn investor darling to the cusp of bankruptcy. Where did it all go wrong? And can the man with a golden touch turn it round? www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How Billionaire Wes Edens’ Big Energy Dream Hit the Rocks
New Fortress Energy went all in on a concept it called Fast LNG. Slowly that commitment has become the company’s undoing.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Reposted by Liam Vaughan
Great read here on the Ukrainian blackhat-turned-US whistleblower Olga Kapurina, which gently suggests what I've long suspected: The US stock market is filthy with hacking.

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The SEC Pinned Its Hack on a Few Hapless Day Traders. The Full Story Is Far More Troubling
When a notorious gang of Ukrainian cybercriminals hit a crucial database, the regulator quickly downplayed the breach. One of the hackers says the system is still a soft target.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Elite cybercriminal Olga Kuprina hacked the SEC, Citigroup and NASA. Now she's telling her story for the first time.
The SEC Pinned Its Hack on a Few Hapless Day Traders. The Full Story Is Far More Troubling
When a notorious gang of Ukrainian cybercriminals hit a crucial database, the regulator quickly downplayed the breach. One of the hackers says the system is still a soft target.
bloom.bg
June 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reposted by Liam Vaughan
Elite cybercriminal Olga Kuprina hacked the SEC, Citigroup and NASA. Now she's telling her story for the first time.
The SEC Pinned Its Hack on a Few Hapless Day Traders. The Full Story Is Far More Troubling
When a notorious gang of Ukrainian cybercriminals hit a crucial database, the regulator quickly downplayed the breach. One of the hackers says the system is still a soft target.
bloom.bg
June 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Reposted by Liam Vaughan
Two years after it was hacked, the SEC said it cracked the case. But what if the hapless day traders it blamed were innocent?
Blessed to work with @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social‬ on this tale of scapegoats, gangsters, a hacker named Olga and a giant bag of 'shrooms. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The SEC Pinned Its Hack on a Few Hapless Day Traders. The Full Story Is Far More Troubling
When a notorious gang of Ukrainian cybercriminals hit a crucial database, the regulator quickly downplayed the breach. One of the hackers says the system is still a soft target.
www.bloomberg.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Liam Vaughan
Weekend read: This business story is a wild ride, featuring an elite hacker consistently underestimated by men; a party-loving day trader with a safe and a karaoke room; and the SEC, which, upon being embarrassed, reassures the public that it knows what it’s doing.
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The SEC Pinned Its Hack on a Few Hapless Day Traders. The Full Story Is Far More Troubling
When a notorious gang of Ukrainian cybercriminals hit a crucial database, the regulator quickly downplayed the breach. One of the hackers says the system is still a soft target.
www.bloomberg.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Two years after it was hacked, the SEC said it cracked the case. But what if the hapless day traders it blamed were innocent?
Blessed to work with @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social‬ on this tale of scapegoats, gangsters, a hacker named Olga and a giant bag of 'shrooms. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The SEC Pinned Its Hack on a Few Hapless Day Traders. The Full Story Is Far More Troubling
When a notorious gang of Ukrainian cybercriminals hit a crucial database, the regulator quickly downplayed the breach. One of the hackers says the system is still a soft target.
www.bloomberg.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM