Dossier
Cogent Communications
Coverage of Cogent Communications in the Nexus archive.
- Takeaways from AP/’FRONTLINE’ investigation into how US tech is abused for global scams
American technology and companies are being exploited to enable global scams, with AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini used in Southeast Asian scam operations. U.S. internet service providers, including Cogent Communications, Oracle, and AT&T, are involved in carrying traffic from scam centers linked to sanctioned entities in Myanmar. The Federal Trade Commission estimates Americans lost nearly $200 billion to such fraud in 2024.