SIM Swapping

Tech

How Your Phone Can Get Hacked for $1‪6‬

04.09.21

By Ben Makuch
Tech

T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T Stop SMS Hijacks After Motherboard Investigation

03.25.21

By Joseph Cox
A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16

03.15.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

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

02.16.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Instagram Unmasks High Profile ‘OG’ Account Stealers, Threatens to Sue

02.04.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Verizon Adds Protection Against SIM Swapping Hacks in Mobile App

07.09.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Hackers Plan to Use Stolen Cryptocurrency Exchange Data for SIM Swapping

06.02.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

PayPal and Venmo Are Letting SIM Swappers Hijack Accounts

04.06.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

SIM Swappers Are Phishing Telecom Company Employees to Access Internal Tools

01.28.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Hackers Are Breaking Directly Into Telecom Companies to Take Over Customer Phone Numbers

01.10.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

SIM-Swapping Indictments Pile Up as Congress Begs the FCC to Do More

01.10.20

By Karl Bode
Tech

Bitcoin Thief Allegedly Bought Royalty Rights to Rap Songs, Has Middling Taste

12.19.19

By Ashwin Rodrigues

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