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Alleged SIM Swappers Arrested Over Cryptocurrency Thefts
2019-05-13 13:33

Attackers Bribed Employees of Verizon, AT&T, Authorities SayNine men have been arrested in connection with an alleged SIM card swapping scheme that led to the theft of $2.4 million in...

U.S. Charges 9 'SIM Swapping' Attackers For Stealing $2.5 Million
2019-05-10 19:18

The U.S. Department of Justice today announced charges against nine individuals, 6 of which are members of a hacking group called "The Community" and other 3 are former employees of mobile phone...

Nine Charged in Alleged SIM Swapping Ring
2019-05-10 17:02

Eight Americans and an Irishman have been charged with wire fraud this week for allegedly hijacking mobile phones through SIM-swapping, a form of fraud in which scammers bribe or trick employees...

Twilio partners with Microsoft Azure and adds a new feature for its IoT SIMs
2019-05-08 03:00

Twilio, the leading cloud communications platform, announced Trust Onboard, a feature for its IoT SIMs that enables developers to identify and authenticate cellular connected devices against cloud...

FBI warns of SIM-swap scams, IBM finds holes in visitor software, 13-year-old girl charged over JavaScript prank...
2019-03-09 08:30

Tired: Booth babes. Wired: Floof babes. Expired: Conference hall carpets Roundup This week we had an NSA reverse-engineering toolkit released at the RSA Conference, a buffer bashed aboard British...

Alleged SIM swapping crypto-crooks cuffed, iOS app snooping, ad-fraud botnets, and more
2019-02-09 08:39

All your extra bits and bytes of this week's infosec news in less than 5 minutes Roundup Here's a summary of more infosec news beyond what we've already reported this week – enjoy.…

More Alleged SIM Swappers Face Justice
2019-02-06 05:50

Prosecutors in Northern California have charged two men with using unauthorized SIM swaps to steal and extort money from victims. One of the individuals charged allegedly used a hacker nickname...

First Hacker Convicted of 'SIM Swapping' Attack Gets 10 Years in Prison
2019-02-04 08:18

A 20-year-old college student who stole cryptocurrency worth more than $5 million by hijacking victims' phone numbers has pleaded guilty and accepted a sentence of 10 years in prison. Ortiz was...

His phone went dark, then $1m was sucked out in SIM-swap crypto-heist
2018-11-26 12:00

A 21-year-old allegedly SIM-swapped Silicon Valley execs’ phones to steal cryptocurrency, including one man's $1m tuition fund for his kids.

Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths
2018-11-07 05:49

KrebsOnSecurity recently had a chance to interview members of the REACT Task Force, a team of law enforcement officers and prosecutors based in Santa Clara, Calif. that has been tracking down...