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Amir Golshan, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to perpetrating multiple cybercrime schemes using SIM swapping.
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Joseph James “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, a 24-year-old from the United Kingdom who earned his 15 minutes of fame by participating in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison. That may seem like harsh punishment for a brief and very public cyber joy ride. But O’Connor also pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving a years-long spree of cyberstalking and cryptocurrency theft enabled by “SIM swapping,” a crime wherein fraudsters trick a mobile provider into diverting a customer’s phone calls and text messages to a device they control. Continue reading U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison
By Waqas
PlugWalkJoe (Joseph James O’Connor) will also return $749,000, which he admitted to stealing from a Manhattan-based cryptocurrency firm.
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The Federal Communications Commission task force will also examine how carriers collect and share geolocation data.
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I’m trying to understand how the eSIM is protected against cloning. Here is the diagram from GSMA standard:
Now the ICT operator has its own security domain in which all the GSM related keys probably lie. My intention is not to extract t… Continue reading eSIM/eUICC relay attacks
Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 separate incidents throughout 2022, new data suggests. In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device. Continue reading Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022
Google Fi informs customers about a data breach related to the recent T-Mobile cyberattack and some users claim they were targeted in a SIM swapping attack
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Two U.S. men have been charged with hacking into the Ring home security cameras of a dozen random people and then “swatting” them — falsely reporting a violent incident at the target’s address to trick local police into responding with force. Prosecutors say the duo used the compromised Ring devices to stream live video footage on social media of police raiding their targets’ homes, and to taunt authorities when they arrived. Continue reading Hacked Ring Cams Used to Record Swatting Victims
By Habiba Rashid
Spanish Police confirmed that the SIM Swapping gang also used dark web forums to illegally obtain ID and credit card numbers through cryptocurrency purchases.
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Can operator do SIM swap himself?
The one who is working at telecommunication company (AT&T, vodafone, T-Mobile).
Can we just trust on their word, that employees won’t misuse data. What if somebody do it anyway, and not get caught, eve… Continue reading can operator do SIM swap himself? [closed]