SS7 Used to Hack Messages of 20 Cryptocurrency Execs
Hackers took control of Telegram, Gmail and Yahoo accounts with the intention of tricking the victim’s business associates.
Bitcoin Entrepreneur Starts Anti-SIM Swap Telco for Rich People
Haseeb Awan charges cryptocurrency millionaires USD99 per month for a mobile plan that requires a notarized letter to make changes.
Europol Report Links TV Piracy to Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
Cryptocurrency mining was used to disguise the illegal profits of two different digital TV piracy gangs.
FBI Investigates Hacking of Elite Twitter Accounts by Bitcoin Scammers
Some suspect insiders were paid to give access to the accounts of VIPs including Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West.
$50mn SIM Swapper Targeted Blockchain Experts
18 year old Canadian Samy Bensaci is alleged to be part of a gang that focused on stealing from cryptocurrency investors.
Cyber Expert Analyzes How to Steal Cryptocurrency with SIM Swaps
Hackers use SIM swaps as part of a process that also abuses the lax security of email providers and cryptocurrency wallets.
SIM Swapper Ordered to Pay $76mn in Damages
Serial fraudster Nicholas Truglia stole USD24mn of cryptocurrency from the account of entrepreneur Michael Terpin.
Making Cryptocurrency Secure
There are ways to improve the security surrounding of cryptocurrency, but legislators cannot fathom them.
Million-Dollar Cryptocurrency SIM Swapper Arrested
This is not the first time that New Yorker Nicholas Truglia has been associated with a megabucks cryptocurrency crime.
AT&T Sued for $224mn Following SIM Swap
$24mn was taken from the cryptocurrency account of Michael Terpin. Now he is using his media savvy to highlight AT&T’s previous failures with SIM swaps and customer privacy.