What a nightmare: your phone goes dead, and you can’t log into your bank account because it’s controlled by a hacker who’s draining you dry.
Tag Archives: sim swapping
Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts
Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets’ mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping.
Sextortionist whisks away sex tapes using just a phone number
The SIM-swap victim knew he was in trouble when he got a 3:30 a.m. message about his phone service being cut off.
Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud
Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.
Rats leave the sinking ship as hackers’ forum gets hacked
The OGUsers forum, which trades in hijacked social accounts, has been hacked, its hard drives wiped, and its user database published online.
Comcast security nightmare: default ‘0000’ PIN on everybody’s account
It didn’t require an account PIN to switch carriers. Everybody uses 0000, it said, making it easier for customers… and phone hijackers.