SIM Hijacking

Tech

Researcher Found Way to Brute Force Verizon Customer PINs Online

12.03.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Arrested SIM Swappers Include a Member of the Infamous ‘Chuckling Squad’

02.16.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Verizon Adds Protection Against SIM Swapping Hacks in Mobile App

07.09.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

PayPal and Venmo Are Letting SIM Swappers Hijack Accounts

04.06.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Verizon Makes SIM Swapping Hard. Why Doesn’t AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile?

09.19.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

T-Mobile Has a Secret Setting to Protect Your Account From Hackers That It Refuses to Talk About

09.13.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Someone Hacked My T-Mobile Account and T-Mobile Won’t Talk About It

07.18.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Infamous Forum For Instagram Hackers Gets Hacked by Other Hackers

05.17.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

AT&T Contractors and a Verizon Employee Charged With Helping SIM Swapping Criminal Ring

05.13.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison

02.01.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

SIM Swapping Victims Who Lost Millions Are Pressuring Telcos to Protect Their Customers

01.08.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Introducing Motherboard’s New Hacking Podcast, CYBER

11.26.18

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Life

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Music

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Life

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11.21.24

By Paige Gawley
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Music

Jay-Z’s Team Roc Sues Kansas Police for Corruption and Abuse Records

Team ROC, a social justice organization run by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, filed a lawsuit against Kansas City police over alleged corruption and abuse.

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