Latest SIM Swap news

SEC confirms X account was hacked in SIM swapping attack

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed today that its X account was hacked through a SIM-swapping attack on the cell phone number associated with the account.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 22, 2024
- 06:04 PM
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Mint Mobile discloses new data breach exposing customer data

Mint Mobile has disclosed a new data breach that exposed the personal information of its customers, including data that can be used to perform SIM swap attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 22, 2023
- 08:35 PM
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SIM swapper gets 8 years in prison for account hacks, crypto theft

Amir Hossein Golshan, 25, was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Los Angeles District Court and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for crimes involving SIM swapping, merchant fraud, support fraud, account hacking, and cryptocurrency theft.
- Bill Toulas
- November 29, 2023
- 02:26 PM
- 0
FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 18, 2023
- 11:10 AM
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FBI shares tactics of notorious Scattered Spider hacker collective

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory about the evasive threat actor tracked as Scattered Spider, a loosely knit hacking collective that now collaborates with the ALPHV/BlackCat Russian ransomware operation..
- Bill Toulas
- November 16, 2023
- 04:55 PM
- 0
Microsoft: Octo Tempest is one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups

Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities it tracks as Octo Tempest, that targets companies in data extortion and ransomware attacks.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 26, 2023
- 06:55 PM
- 0
Lapsus$ teen hackers convicted of high-profile cyberattacks

A London jury has found that an 18-year-old member of the Lapsus$ data extortion gang helped hack multiple high-profile companies, stole data from them, and demanded a ransom threatening to leak the information.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 23, 2023
- 06:17 PM
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Lapsus$ hackers took SIM-swapping attacks to the next level

The U.S. government released a report after analyzing simple techniques, e.g. SIM swapping, used by the Lapsus$ extortion group to breach dozens of organizations with a strong security posture.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 11, 2023
- 02:23 AM
- 1
Hackers use Azure Serial Console for stealthy access to VMs

A financially motivated cybergang tracked by Mandiant as 'UNC3944' is using phishing and SIM swapping attacks to hijack Microsoft Azure admin accounts and gain access to virtual machines.
- Bill Toulas
- May 16, 2023
- 08:57 PM
- 0
Hacker ‘PlugwalkJoe’ pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter breach

Joseph James O'Connor, aka 'PlugwalkJoke,' has pleaded guilty to multiple cybercrime offenses, including SIM swapping attacks, cyberstalking, computer hacking, and hijacking high-profile accounts on Twitter and TikTok.
- Bill Toulas
- May 10, 2023
- 09:48 AM
- 0
Google Fi data breach let hackers carry out SIM swap attacks

Google Fi, Google's U.S.-only telecommunications and mobile internet service, has informed customers that personal data was exposed by a data breach at one of its primary network providers, with some customers warned that it allowed SIM swapping attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- February 01, 2023
- 03:43 PM
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SIM swapper gets 18-months for involvement in $22 million crypto heist

Florida man Nicholas Truglia was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for his involvement in a fraud scheme that led to the theft of millions from cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 03, 2022
- 11:15 AM
- 0
Police arrest 55 members of 'Black Panthers' SIM Swap gang

The Spanish National Police have arrested 55 members of the 'Black Panthers' cybercrime group, including one of the organization's leaders based in Barcelona.
- Bill Toulas
- December 02, 2022
- 10:29 AM
- 1
Cybercriminals jailed for cryptocurrency theft, death threats

On Wednesday, two Massachusetts men were sentenced to more than two years in prison each for stealing cryptocurrency in SIM swapping attacks and hijacking their victims' social media accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 20, 2022
- 08:05 AM
- 3
Verizon notifies prepaid customers their accounts were breached

Verizon warned an undisclosed number of prepaid customers that attackers gained access to Verizon accounts and used exposed credit card info in SIM swapping attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 18, 2022
- 12:26 PM
- 2
South Africa wants to fight SIM swapping with biometric checks

The independent communications authority of South Africa (ICASA) has submitted a radical proposal to tackle the problem of SIM swapping attacks in the country, suggesting that local service providers should keep biometric data of cellphone number owners.
- Bill Toulas
- March 24, 2022
- 01:50 PM
- 1
Spain dismantles SIM swapping group who emptied bank accounts

Spanish National Police has arrested eight suspects allegedly part of a crime ring who drained bank accounts in a series of SIM swapping attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- February 10, 2022
- 06:27 AM
- 0
FBI warns of criminals escalating SIM swap attacks to steal millions

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says criminals have escalated SIM swap attacks to steal millions by hijacking victims' phone numbers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 09, 2022
- 07:30 AM
- 0
T-Mobile says new data breach caused by SIM swap attacks

T-Mobile confirmed that recent reports of a new data breach are linked to notifications sent to a "very small number of customers" that they fell victim to SIM swap attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 29, 2021
- 12:03 PM
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Alleged Twitter hacker charged with theft of $784K in crypto via SIM swaps

The US Department of Justice has indicted a suspected Twitter hacker known as 'PlugWalkJoe' for also stealing $784,000 worth of cryptocurrency using SIM swap attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 03, 2021
- 06:55 PM
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