🚨 NEW: The sons of a powerful family with close ties to Iran’s new supreme leader control the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, transforming it from a startup into a conduit to the global economy used by both blacklisted state institutions and ordinary citizens.

I just learned this morning that the late Ryan Evans was credited with additional reporting for this story. Ryan was a security adviser to Reuters journos (including me) & was killed in a Russian missile attack. He was part of the team that found the Banksy work near Bucha. May he rest in peace.

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The search for Banksy began in war-ravaged Ukraine and took Reuters to New York and London, uncovering details about the tactics Banksy used to remain masked reut.rs/4rynJr0

Inside the Arrest That Led to Banksy’s Possible Unmasking Decades Later www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/n...

Inside the Arrest That Led to Banksy’s Possible Unmasking Decades Later

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Banksy has been unmasked (again). But does this major Reuters investigation actually tell us something new?

Banksy has been unmasked (again). But does this major Reuters investigation actually tell us something new?

British street artist’s ‘real’ name reported after an investigation stretching from Ukraine to New York and London. Kelly Burke explains all to Nick Miller

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“That is what makes this story so delicious for the broader art world. Banksy spent decades embodying anti-establishment energy, yet the name now sits inside a highly organized commercial ecosystem of authentication, resale value, corporate structures, and elite demand.”

Fact Check: London man misidentified as street artist Banksy www.reuters.com/fact-check/l...

Fact Check: London man misidentified as street artist Banksy

Some media outlets and others online have misidentified photos of a London man as the British street artist Banksy. The man, George Georgiou, is not Banksy.

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The girls' school likely destroyed by an American missile had colorful murals *visible from space* as far back as 2018. By @pearswick.press & Ryan McNeil: www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence

An Iranian girls school that took a direct hit on the first day of the war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the children and their activities, before it was bombed along ...

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Trump repeatedly called journalists “the enemy of the people,” “human scum,” “very dangerous and sick.” Here is the painstaking work of a couple of #journalists doing the job of presenting facts, pursuing the truth for America & the world. So many journalists doing incredible work right now.

Ryan McNeill@mcneill.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨Reuters investigation by @pearswick.press & me: Iran school struck on 1st day of war had yearlong online presence, including many photos of children & their activities, before it was bombed with at least 6 other buildings along 325m axis. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

I'd normally be annoyed at Reuters for doing a fake out where they focus on Rob from Massive Attack, before explaining that Banksy is actually the guy the Daily Mail named years ago, but it's so well written and richly reported I didn't care www.reuters.com/investigates...

In search of Banksy, Reuters found the artist took on a new identity

Anonymity has become part of a lucrative brand for the artist Banksy, but records we unearthed prove his true identity and show the new name he used to travel to Ukraine.

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A terrific, well written exploration of Banksy. Tells a great story. Probably the best long form journalism I’ve read this year.

Who is Banksy? Reuters found a signed confession. www.reuters.com/investigates...

In search of Banksy, Reuters found the artist took on a new identity

Anonymity has become part of a lucrative brand for the artist Banksy, but records we unearthed prove his true identity and show the new name he used to travel to Ukraine.

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Banksy is one of the world's most popular, profitable and enigmatic artists. His identity has been debated — and closely guarded — for decades. Until now reut.rs/4cGMYnb

In 2022, my colleague was on assignment in Ukraine for @reuters.com when he unearthed a tantalising clue which pointed to the identity of world famous street artist Banksy. 1/7 🧵

There, on March 2, the dead children were buried, creating row after row of 20 tidy rectangular holes in the earth. The strike killed 150 children, according to Iran's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva (Reuters has not independently confirmed the death toll).

Our analysis intended to detect areas of potential strikes, using sat data from visible & invisible light spectrum, highlighted another area of ground upheaval: the town cemetery.

A Reuters analysis of multispectral satellite imagery also found no indications of other strikes within 5 km, suggesting the buildings were specifically targeted, rather than struck as part of a broad bombing campaign on the southern city.

🚨Reuters investigation by @pearswick.press & me: Iran school struck on 1st day of war had yearlong online presence, including many photos of children & their activities, before it was bombed with at least 6 other buildings along 325m axis. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence

An Iranian girls school that took a direct hit on the first day of the war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the children and their activities, before it was bombed along ...

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NEW: An Iranian girls school that took a direct hit on the first day of the war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the children and their activities, before it was bombed along with at least six other buildings in an adjacent military compound.

A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau’s New York office three years ago, according to ​a source familiar with the matter and recently published Justice Department documents reviewed by Reuters.

Reuters has launched a new Visual Investigations unit, which I'll be joining on secondment for the next six months. I'll be drawing on the threat intelligence techniques I've studied on the cyber beat, as well as leaning on the various OSINT skills I've developed in information-scarce datelines.

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Exclusive: Palo Alto chose not to tie China to hacking campaign for fear of retaliation from Beijing, sources say

Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing...

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NEW: Iran has secretly shipped vast amounts of jet fuel to Myanmar’s military. As the junta ramps up bombing raids against civilian targets, Iran is now the military’s primary supplier of jet fuel and urea, which is an ingredient in Myanmar’s munitions. www.reuters.com/graphics/IRA...

Iranian ships deliver jet fuel, urea to Myanmar junta

Iranian ships falsifying their journeys deliver jet fuel, urea to Myanmar junta, circumventing sanctions in both countries.

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Musk's Starlink faces high-profile security test in Iran crackdown - www.reuters.com/world/musks-...

Musk's Starlink faces high-profile security test in Iran crackdown

How SpaceX withstands Iranian attacks on Starlink is expected to be closely watched by U.S. military forces and intelligence agencies.

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Australia social media ban takes effect in world first - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Australia social media ban takes effect in world first

Australia at midnight (1300 GMT) on Wednesday became the first country in the world to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Met...

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US labels another Venezuelan group as terrorist, ramping up pressure - www.reuters.com/world/americ...

BBC is not 'institutionally biased', says author of explosive memo - www.reuters.com/world/uk/bbc...

Romania scrambles fighter jets after drones breach airspace - www.reuters.com/world/romani...

Ultimately quite sad piece about AI and freelance writing thelocal.to/investigatin...

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local

A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

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Love letter, ID card point to Russian units that terrorised Bucha www.reuters.com/investigates...

NEW: Hackers working for an unnamed nation state breached networks at Ribbon Communications, a key U.S. telecommunications services company, and remained within the firm’s systems for nearly a year without being detected (!)