SIM swapping

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2021
Law enforcement arrested 8 people that targeted celebrities with SIM swapping attacks

A total of eight criminals have been arrested on 9 February as a result of an international police operation into a series of SIM swapping attacks.  Eight men were arrested in England and Scotland as part of a year-long international investigation into a series of SIM swapping attacks targeting high-profile victims in the United States. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Polish police shut down major group of hackers in the country

Polish police dismantled a major group of hackers that was behind several criminal activities, including ransomware attacks, and banking fraud. Polish authorities have dismantled a major hacker group that was involved in multiple cybercrime activities, including ransomware attacks, malware distribution, SIM swapping, banking fraud, running rogue online stores, and even making bomb threats at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2019
Two men arrested for stealing $550,000 in cryptocurrency with Sim Swapping

On Thursday, US authorities arrested two crooks charging them with stealing $550,000 in cryptocurrency from at least 10 victims using SIM swapping. American law enforcement has declared war to sim swapping scammers and announced the arrest of two individuals for stealing $550,000 in Cryptocurrency. The suspects stole the funds from at least 10 victims using […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2019
Twitter temporarily disables feature to tweet via SMS after CEO hack

Twitter opted to temporarily disable the feature that allows users to post tweets via SMS, in response to the hack of the CEO’s account. Twitter announced to temporarily disable the feature that allows users to post tweets via SMS, in response to the hack of the CEO’s account. “We’re taking this step because of vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2019
U.S. DoJ charges 9 individuals that stole $2.5M through SIM swapping

The U.S. Department of Justice charged nine individuals connected to a hacking crew focused on identity theft and SIM swapping attacks. The U.S. DoJ announced charges against nine individuals, 6 members of a hacking group known as ‘The Community’ and 3 former employees of mobile phone providers. The latter group helped the hackers to steal roughly […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2019
Young hacker gets 10 years jail sentence for SIM Swapping attacks

A 20-year-old college student that has stolen more than $5 million worth of cryptocurrency through SIM swapping attacks gets a 10 years jail sentence. Joel Ortiz, a young hacker (20) who stole more than $5 million worth of cryptocurrency by hijacking victims’ phone numbers has pleaded guilty for “SIM swapping” attacks. The college student accepted […]