Research arm

The threat-intel authority for digital communities.

A live, public Spam Index and original research on AI-driven attacks. Phase 0 draws on public threat sources; fleet-wide intelligence from Targa's own detection joins as the network grows — anonymized by construction.

Spam Index

live · updates continuously

Known spam accounts (CAS)

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New since June

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Source updated

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Public-source (CAS) via targa-intel · in production this is targa.dev/research/spam-index. Fleet intelligence is added at Phase 1.

Global scam losses · 12 months

$1.03T

Stolen worldwide in one year. GASA × Feedzai, 2024

US crypto-fraud losses · 2024

$9.3B

Up 66% year over year. FBI IC3 annual report

Consumers targeted weekly

1 in 2

Nearly half face a scam attempt at least once a week. Global State of Scams, 2024

Publications

Original threat research, published freely.

Flagship report

The State of Spam in Digital Communities — Telegram Edition, 2026

Six new attack patterns since Q1: agentic single-operator campaigns, synthetic-community fraud, cross-platform deepfake kill chains, TON Mini App phishing UIs, and more.

Read the report →

Cadence

Publishing cadence

Quarterly deep-dives, biweekly field notes, and ad-hoc campaign investigations when major events break.

Q3 — AI threat patterns: jailbroken-LLM scam tooling

Q4 — Ecosystem threat report (TON / Polkadot)